Pix & ID: Critters that come in your rocks: the good and the bad.

[worm5406]

Originally Posted by saltyfresh88

I posted this already and got no response... PLease help it is spreading/getting longer/make me Nervous... also there are now small white web liked things growing on the same rock.. It is only on 1 rock i got from a diff lfs. If anyone knows please help! i have been searching the web with no luck! Please & Thank you!

Those look like sponges. I had some on my zoa before. A fresh water dip knocked them out for me. BUT that is on some LR... So if you do, I would only dip the effected section.

[saltyfresh88]

Thanks I will try to find information on it that way! I have been searching slot so this should help. Again thank you

[orangehic]

So i think i have a mystery guest i dont want, Im sorry i do not have any pictures to go along with my issue. My tank is only a few months old and being new to the hobby i regularly almost ocd-ly check the levels in my tank. about 2 weeks ago i decided to add a serpent star to my tank up until that point the only noticeable life in it were my two black eyed devils and a hand full of various snails, a day or so after adding the serpent star however i started to notice it looked like the stars arms wer literally breaking every few cm the entire way up from the tip, it wasn't on every arm just one, the next day one arm was completely missing bit n peaces here n there and another arm looked as tho it was breaking apart every few cm this went on for a few days while i searched frantically for an answer and also annoyed the staff at my not so local marine fish store with questions. the awnser I was given was that i was probably having flux in my salt levels causing the star to break down, but as i said i check my levels constantly and know that levels wer and have stayed at 1.023-24 the entire time. sadly the day can and my star wasnt much more then tattered arms and an intact center disk. after the passing of my star i went out and purchased a "red burrowing crap" just for a little extra clean up help, everything has been fine up untill today now, when i turned the day lite on this morning i noticed my crab was missing an eye and also on claw no sign of either in the tank, just recently during a water change i pulled what looked like a very small almost translucent mantis shrimp out of my tank. could this be an issue or is there anyone with any ideas as to what might be happening i would appreciate any info, thanks

[SushiGirl]

The star I'd say your tank is too new & not stable yet, doesn't have to just be salt. The crab could be the mantis, if you're positive it is a mantis & not a pod. Could be one of the fish too, damsels are mean.

[scastillo813]

Originally Posted by scastillo813

I've been told this looks like an anemone. What do yall think?

Anyone?

[worm5406]

Originally Posted by scastillo813

Anyone?

[Dctrojan]

What about these guys ?
It looks like a mouth coming out of a rock with transparent tentacles.

[Dctrojan]

Oops sorry not sure why the picture isnt showing up.

[Dctrojan]

One more try.

[hogfanreefer]

Originally Posted by Dctrojan

One more try.

That's a Hidden Cup coral. I have several of those

[archangel91]

Could somebody please help me identify this little guy? Solo many of them look the same and I don't want to accidentally let something bad into tank...

[pagojoe]

I don't know how big it is, but it looks big enough that I wouldn't want it in my tank

[Budshark]

Hi All,

Found this thing today under a rock while removing a gorilla crab. It just looks like a sac of poo and then a "tentacle" will come out searching for stuff, any ideas? cause im at a loss. Thanks

[JiveWalker]

Tried to draw some arrows

[JiveWalker]

Orange stuff

[JiveWalker]

Coral?

[Dctrojan]

Ive got several pieces of lR that look identical to yours 2 weeks ago. I believe the orange stuff is a type or coraline algae

[Ptyochromis]

Originally Posted by Dctrojan

What about these guys ?
It looks like a mouth coming out of a rock with transparent tentacles.

That's a Phyllangia americana. Very easy non-photosynthetic coral. You can feed it brine shirmp/mysis shrimp.

[Ptyochromis]

Originally Posted by JiveWalker

Coral?

Looks like a dead Goniastrea sp.

[Ptyochromis]

Originally Posted by JiveWalker

Tried to draw some arrows

Looks like a dead/almost dead favia/favaties of some sort.

[Ptyochromis]

Originally Posted by Budshark

Hi All,

Found this thing today under a rock while removing a gorilla crab. It just looks like a sac of poo and then a "tentacle" will come out searching for stuff, any ideas? cause im at a loss. Thanks

Strange indeed. Does it move itself, or is it sessile. Does it have a skeleton?

It could be some type of worm. Another possibility is that it is a sage of life of something. Let me know if you find out.

[Ptyochromis]

Originally Posted by Dctrojan

Ive got a few I need help identifying. Im new to the hobby so bare with me.

Cant make out pic 1 well enough to ID.

Coral in pic 2 and 5 is Cladocora arbuscula (not P. americana)

Pic 3, the branching thing is Meristiella sp. (A macro algae)
Pic 3, the orange stuff could be algae (Lithophyllum sp.?) or sponge (Cliona sp.; most probable maybe even Tedania ignis but cannot see osculum

Pic 6, (on the clam), could be several things, bryozoans, colonial tunicates, sponge, or algae. (going to need a better pic).

[Ptyochromis]

Originally Posted by archangel91

Could somebody please help me identify this little guy? Solo many of them look the same and I don't want to accidentally let something bad into tank...

Most likely some species of Eunice. Kill it with fire....

[mijfwb23]

Any help with this guy would be great, just need to know if its good or bad. It already moved about an inch.

[Ptyochromis]

Originally Posted by mijfwb23

Any help with this guy would be great, just need to know if its good or bad. It already moved about an inch.

Hard to tell from the pic, but it is most likely some type of anemone. Check for a central mouth and check for a skeleton.