Please help me identify some random things that showed up in my tank *56k warning*

[edrock200]

Hello all,

I have a fairly new Reef Tank..it's been setup for about 4 months. A few items have appeared which I did not introduce into the tank and I was wondering your you all could help me identify these items and tell me whether or not they are bad for the tank. Thanks in advance for any help.

Item 1: This pink coral looking item that started growing in between my yellow corals:

Item 2: This pile of black stuff thats on the underside of my liverock:

Item 3: This zebra striped item thats sitting on my life rock in between some coral:

Thanks again,
-Ed

 

[James77]

blurry, but-

1-maybe xenia or clove polyps
2-maybe bubble algae
3-sundial snail

 

[tkenm377]

Yeah thats what everything looks like to me; nothing terrible but you might want to get a couple of mithrax (emerald) crabs to take care of the bubble algae

 

[michaelm2431]

I would do a search on sundials. I thought I heard they were bad.

 

[Paintbug]

1. Anthelia, maybe xenia. hard to call.

2. some form of bubble algae. possibly Valonia sp.

3. more than likely it is a Sundail Snail. they will eat your zoos, so remove ASAP! once removed, look at the flap that covers the snail when closed. if it is pointy, kinda cone shaped, its a Sundail get rid of it!

 

[EricBrian]

Re: Please help me identify some random things that showed up in my tank *56k warning

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=7187990#post7187990 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by edrock200
Item 2: This pile of black stuff thats on the underside of my liverock:

Black? Or is it green?

 

[edrock200]

Looked black to me.

 

[TOURKID]

i heard sundials were REALLY bad. there was a big thread on it here somewhere. ill look real quick..

 

[edrock200]

OK thanks for the info guys. I'll pull the snail and keep it in the sump until I can do more research on it.

 

[TOURKID]

found it .they eat zoas i guess

http://reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&postid=5245201#post5245201

 

[edrock200]

We must be posting at the same time. Thanks for the thread, reading now.

 

[edrock200]

Sorry for the fuzzy pics, I tried to size them down but I guess I hurt the image in the process. My Kodakphotogallery ones seem to be sized down without much issue, here's a link to the album, no logon required.
http://www.kodakgallery.com/janet/tanks_4-16-06?