Just fed anemone/coral food that was too large, bristleworm tried to steal it away

alcimedes · 09/01/2016, 01:06 PM

I was feeding the tank today over my lunch break and I gave one of my hitchhiker (i think anemone, maybe a soft coral?) a piece of food that was too big for it.

A relatively large bristleworm popped out of the rock it was on and made a grab for the food.

The anemone got most of it, the bristleworm got a piece and fell off, but I can see bristles stuck in the anemone/coral.

I presume it will be ok, but wanted to be sure. The red arrows are pointing to the spines, it was hard to get a picture of them where they showed up.

And if anyone could ID either of these two hitchhikers I'd appreciate it. This other random critter showed up on the rocks. It's a very pale blue/white color, but seems to eat happily. It's moved twice now, and always locates itself someplace very shady.

Sk8r · 09/01/2016, 04:16 PM

No problem. The spines, like coral skeleton, are calcium carbonate. It'll tend to dissolve in a few days. Or the coral may dissolve it.

09/01/2016, 01:06 PM	#1
alcimedes Registered Member Join Date: Aug 2016 Location: Colorado Springs, CO Posts: 174	Just fed anemone/coral food that was too large, bristleworm tried to steal it away I was feeding the tank today over my lunch break and I gave one of my hitchhiker (i think anemone, maybe a soft coral?) a piece of food that was too big for it. A relatively large bristleworm popped out of the rock it was on and made a grab for the food. The anemone got most of it, the bristleworm got a piece and fell off, but I can see bristles stuck in the anemone/coral. I presume it will be ok, but wanted to be sure. The red arrows are pointing to the spines, it was hard to get a picture of them where they showed up. And if anyone could ID either of these two hitchhikers I'd appreciate it. This other random critter showed up on the rocks. It's a very pale blue/white color, but seems to eat happily. It's moved twice now, and always locates itself someplace very shady.

09/01/2016, 04:16 PM	#2
Sk8r RC Mod Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Spokane WA Posts: 34,628 Blog Entries: 55	No problem. The spines, like coral skeleton, are calcium carbonate. It'll tend to dissolve in a few days. Or the coral may dissolve it. __________________ Sk8r Salinity 1.024-6; alkalinity 8.3-9.3 on KH scale; calcium 420; magnesium 1300, temp 78-80, nitrate .2. Ammonia 0. No filters: lps tank. Alk and cal won't rise if mg is low. Current Tank Info: 105g AquaVim wedge, yellow tang, sailfin blenny,royal gramma, ocellaris clown pair, yellow watchman, 100 microceriths, 25 tiny hermits, a 4" conch, 1" nassarius, recovering from 2 year hiatus with daily water change of 10%.