ID please

raen · 05/26/2008, 07:45 AM

Can anyone ID these please? They are ALL OVER the tank. I will attach more to try to give more views. Thanks in advance.

LionfishFinatic · 05/26/2008, 07:47 AM

looks like pods to me. very normal and beneficial.

raen · 05/26/2008, 07:52 AM

They are out of control.....what can I get to eat them?

LionfishFinatic · 05/26/2008, 07:58 AM

well many fish will eat them, but some may need more than you can provide for them. 6 line wrasses, mandarins, and some sifting gobies will do the job. but most need more than you can provide over a long period of time. They really won't hurt anything in your tank, in fact most all people like them. the best thing i think you can do is let them do their job in your tank. HTH a bit

raen · 05/26/2008, 08:04 AM

HTH?

LionfishFinatic · 05/26/2008, 08:08 AM

hope this helps

raen · 05/26/2008, 08:26 AM

It does! thanks!

Lotus99 · 05/26/2008, 12:14 PM

It's very common in the first year to see "blooms" of various hitchhikers. One month you'll see a ton of pods (like the ones you have in the picture), one month you'll see a lot of sponges. As the tank matures, the populations even out. In a week or two, you'll probably only see a few of these in your tank.

05/26/2008, 07:45 AM	#1
raen Registered Member Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Cincinnati Posts: 3,084	ID please Can anyone ID these please? They are ALL OVER the tank. I will attach more to try to give more views. Thanks in advance. __________________ Rae N. She wasn't wicked, she only liked the shoes!!! Current Tank Info: 60 Gall Hex, 3 #3's, no fuge..........YET!!!

05/26/2008, 07:47 AM	#2
LionfishFinatic Registered Member Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: North Carolina Posts: 693	looks like pods to me. very normal and beneficial. __________________ " Hours spent in thoughtful silence, help us make the right decisions, more than days and days of talking." --Meteu Current Tank Info: starting a 125g SPS dominated reef

05/26/2008, 07:52 AM	#3
raen Registered Member Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Cincinnati Posts: 3,084	They are out of control.....what can I get to eat them? __________________ Rae N. She wasn't wicked, she only liked the shoes!!! Current Tank Info: 60 Gall Hex, 3 #3's, no fuge..........YET!!!

05/26/2008, 07:58 AM	#4
LionfishFinatic Registered Member Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: North Carolina Posts: 693	well many fish will eat them, but some may need more than you can provide for them. 6 line wrasses, mandarins, and some sifting gobies will do the job. but most need more than you can provide over a long period of time. They really won't hurt anything in your tank, in fact most all people like them. the best thing i think you can do is let them do their job in your tank. HTH a bit __________________ " Hours spent in thoughtful silence, help us make the right decisions, more than days and days of talking." --Meteu Current Tank Info: starting a 125g SPS dominated reef

05/26/2008, 08:04 AM	#5
raen Registered Member Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Cincinnati Posts: 3,084	HTH? __________________ Rae N. She wasn't wicked, she only liked the shoes!!! Current Tank Info: 60 Gall Hex, 3 #3's, no fuge..........YET!!!

05/26/2008, 08:08 AM	#6
LionfishFinatic Registered Member Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: North Carolina Posts: 693	hope this helps __________________ " Hours spent in thoughtful silence, help us make the right decisions, more than days and days of talking." --Meteu Current Tank Info: starting a 125g SPS dominated reef

05/26/2008, 08:26 AM	#7
raen Registered Member Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Cincinnati Posts: 3,084	It does! thanks! __________________ Rae N. She wasn't wicked, she only liked the shoes!!! Current Tank Info: 60 Gall Hex, 3 #3's, no fuge..........YET!!!

05/26/2008, 12:14 PM	#8
Lotus99 Registered Member Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Southern California Posts: 1,398	It's very common in the first year to see "blooms" of various hitchhikers. One month you'll see a ton of pods (like the ones you have in the picture), one month you'll see a lot of sponges. As the tank matures, the populations even out. In a week or two, you'll probably only see a few of these in your tank. __________________ "So long, and thanks for all the fish" Current Tank Info: 125g reef, gobies, cardinals, softies and LPS; 36g Neo Nano tank; 10+ FW tanks