I set up this aquarium at the end of Oct '06. All of the liverock, corals, and two seahorses came from my other existing tanks (80g bow and 35g hex). this stuff was just transferred to this new tank. the ONLY new addition to this tank were 5 lbs of mud I bought from Floridpets.com.
I have enclosed three pics of an unidentified "critter". They are these tiny brown spots. they don't move on a constant basis, it almost looks like some form of algae, but when I clean the glass w/ my magnetic scrubber, i do seem them moving.
they don't seem to be harming my corals, however they are reproducing at a very fast rate. they're very easy to siphon off, but they are in such vast numbers, i'm siphoning on a regular basis.
I have the mud on the left side of the aquarium and the sand is on the right side.
full tank shot:
here are the creatures found above the sand (taken w/ flash):
creatures in same spot w/out flash:
creatures on back glass:
& my female Reidi Seahorse I"ve had since around April of this year:
any help is greatly appreciate. Like I said, it is NOT an algae, but some unknown critter. it just slides along the glass. no shell or anything.
thanks
julie
I have enclosed three pics of an unidentified "critter". They are these tiny brown spots. they don't move on a constant basis, it almost looks like some form of algae, but when I clean the glass w/ my magnetic scrubber, i do seem them moving.
they don't seem to be harming my corals, however they are reproducing at a very fast rate. they're very easy to siphon off, but they are in such vast numbers, i'm siphoning on a regular basis.
I have the mud on the left side of the aquarium and the sand is on the right side.
full tank shot:
here are the creatures found above the sand (taken w/ flash):
creatures in same spot w/out flash:
creatures on back glass:
& my female Reidi Seahorse I"ve had since around April of this year:
any help is greatly appreciate. Like I said, it is NOT an algae, but some unknown critter. it just slides along the glass. no shell or anything.
thanks
julie