What the duce?.. ID

[Friday Night]

The cluster has been in the same spot for like a week now. right in the center of front glass..lmk what you think.... bad good input. thx

 

[katarina]

Are they baby barnacles?

 

[Friday Night]

No clue.. they stay in this cluster. its in the tank with my pair of GBM..

 

[katarina]

It is hard to tell because they are so small but they look like mini versions of the underside of my barnacles. I don't have one on the glass at the moment or I would take a picture for you.

 

[katarina]

It is hard to tell because they are so small but they look like mini versions of the underside of my barnacles. I don't have one on the glass at the moment or I would take a picture for you.

Okay, I looked it up and apparently mine aren't barnacles either. I'll try to get a pic of at least the top to show you...Some of the colors are quite pretty.

 

[Friday Night]

You can see orange and two black dots.. im thinking eggs? and the larva sack?

 

[2Addicted]

flatworms?

 

[Friday Night]

flatworms?

i checked that as well. and no go.. weird. i moved everything from that tank into another untill i can id it.

 

[aleonn]

Do they have shells? Stomatella snails?

 

[katarina]

This is the best that I can do. It is the small oval shell on the rock.

 

[Friday Night]

No shell looks like yoak sack

 

[Friday Night]

Todd i need a peanut butter price check on asile7 please.

Thx
:beer:

 

[dc]

I think they're bugs, I have had them. I'll look for my picture tomorrow. Harpe? something or another.

 

[Friday Night]

Coral went to other tank untill the xfiles are id

 

[chasedasea]

Those are definitely Flatworms (Red Planaria), look them up and start eradicating. I have shell substrate so I just suck them up with a canister filter and conduct regular water changes. I have only had them twice and it was after introducing new live rock. Good luck!!

Oops, just saw that you looked up flatworms. My opinion still stands by looking at the photo you provided though.

 

[dc]

These were id'd as Harpacticoid's. The black is a suction cup from a powerhead so they're very small.

 

[Reef Bass]

Debi's id seems closest, though the horizontal band and antennae on her critters are more obvious than those on Friday's critters. Probably more of a species variation as the order Harpacticoida contains over 400 genera and 3000 species.

If they are Harpacticoids, then they are not a problem. They are phytoplankton consuming copepods. LiveCopepods.com sells Harpacticoids as fish food.

One of the many joys of reefing is the discovery of things in one's tank that one has no clue what they are, let alone that they are present.

 

[vikubz]

In the OP, there are a couple where you can see the antennae, so I would go along with harpactowhatsis. I have similar in my tank which my mandarin really appreciates.

 

[chasedasea]

Oh yeah, now I see the antenna's. I agree.

These were id'd as Harpacticoid's. The black is a suction cup from a powerhead so they're very small.

 

[Rosh]

Looks like premature flatworms to me.