Help ID please

lionfish_shane · 03/31/2011, 06:17 AM

Well I didnt get a pic of it but I will try to do that tonight when I get home.
I was blasting my rocks off a lil but last night with a turkey baster gettin ready for a water change. While a was blasting one rock in particular I noticed this white ribbon looking stuff. It looks like it is weaved in and out of the rock. It didn't receed while I was pushing water at it and would not come off either. It is completley white and looks like some ruffled ribbon. It is in a small circle pattern and like I said lookes weaved in thru the rock. I know it would be hard to say what this is without a pic and I will post one tommorrow to help with that but does this sound like anything anyone one has ever seen?

needmore-reef · 03/31/2011, 06:21 AM

yes, its a type of worm that is often in quality live rock.

lionfish_shane · 04/01/2011, 06:04 AM

Its was hard to get any decent pics of it but here they are. Hope it helps confirm identity.

Also last night we saw a few more patches of this on some other rocks that are below this one.

lionfish_shane · 04/01/2011, 09:38 AM

Any other ideas? I know the pics arent that great, I appologize.

zigzag1 · 04/01/2011, 12:26 PM

Hard to say by those pics, but possibly a sponge. They are usually not a problem in a reef tank. GL!

lionfish_shane · 04/01/2011, 01:42 PM

I dont think it is a sponge as it is real stringy. I will try my luck again and try to get better pics of it. That 3rd pic kinda shows the strands a little better but I know still not good pics.

cloak · 04/04/2011, 03:08 PM

It might be some bleached out Halimeda.

http://reefkeeping.com/issues/2004-04/nftt/index.php

pmgaudio · 04/04/2011, 03:24 PM

If this is the right place to ask, I just set up a few weeks ago, got some live rock and after a week found a few hitchhikers. A small reddish crap that I was told might be a rock crab and he's to small to possibly do damage. Also a Pyramid snail?>
I have today seen this yellow worm a few inches long with antenna? or whiskers. IS HE BAD?

i ALSO SAW WHAT LOOKED LIKE A TINY BABY SHRIMP. (NO PIC) hE WAS VERY SMALL, BROWNISH WITH LIKE WHIE LEGS. sWEAR IT WAS A SHRIMP.
i COULD USE all THE HELP YOU HAVE. tANKS RUNNING FANTASTIC, BLACK AND wHITE dAMSEL IS DOING GREAT AFTER A WEEK, NO SPIKES. aDDING A CLOWN THIS WEEK PRIOR TO ME KNEE SURGERY./

lionfish_shane · 04/05/2011, 04:53 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by cloak

It might be some bleached out Halimeda.

http://reefkeeping.com/issues/2004-04/nftt/index.php

That doesnt look like it either. It didnt branch and had no petals at all and I could not see what looked like a begining or an end. Looked like it was just weaved in and out of the rock. I cant get anymore pics of it because it has died off. It really looked like some kind of worm or something. I spotted a few more spots that had it on adjoining rocks but they were in places I couldn't get pics of either. If some more pops up I will try to get better pics because I would like to find out what it is. Surely I am not the 1st to have something like this and I think a good detailed pic would help a lot trying to ID it.

PMGAUDIO - that crab looks like a mithrax crab. Not sure about that worm tho.

Sugar Magnolia · 04/05/2011, 06:43 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by pmgaudio

If this is the right place to ask, I just set up a few weeks ago, got some live rock and after a week found a few hitchhikers. A small reddish crap that I was told might be a rock crab and he's to small to possibly do damage. Also a Pyramid snail?>
I have today seen this yellow worm a few inches long with antenna? or whiskers. IS HE BAD?

i ALSO SAW WHAT LOOKED LIKE A TINY BABY SHRIMP. (NO PIC) hE WAS VERY SMALL, BROWNISH WITH LIKE WHIE LEGS. sWEAR IT WAS A SHRIMP.
i COULD USE all THE HELP YOU HAVE. tANKS RUNNING FANTASTIC, BLACK AND wHITE dAMSEL IS DOING GREAT AFTER A WEEK, NO SPIKES. aDDING A CLOWN THIS WEEK PRIOR TO ME KNEE SURGERY./

Starting a new thread of your own would have been the way to go. Can't tell about the worm, the pic is too blurry. The other is a keyhole limpet, harmless and the crab you'll want to remove as the majority of hitch hiker crabs are destructive.

socalsalttank · 04/05/2011, 07:13 AM

might be some type of worms

03/31/2011, 06:17 AM	#1
lionfish_shane Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: Bartlesville, OK Posts: 145	Help ID please Well I didnt get a pic of it but I will try to do that tonight when I get home. I was blasting my rocks off a lil but last night with a turkey baster gettin ready for a water change. While a was blasting one rock in particular I noticed this white ribbon looking stuff. It looks like it is weaved in and out of the rock. It didn't receed while I was pushing water at it and would not come off either. It is completley white and looks like some ruffled ribbon. It is in a small circle pattern and like I said lookes weaved in thru the rock. I know it would be hard to say what this is without a pic and I will post one tommorrow to help with that but does this sound like anything anyone one has ever seen?

04/01/2011, 12:26 PM	#5
zigzag1 Registered Member Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Anderson, Indiana Posts: 1,276	Hard to say by those pics, but possibly a sponge. They are usually not a problem in a reef tank. GL! __________________ :beer: Mixed Reef, started 10/2004: 6' BB 125g DT, 100lbs LR, 40g sump, Dual Ehiem 1000 returns, Eshopps dual overflow, JBJ ATO, Vertex IN-180, PM Ca reactor, 250w MH w/VHO Actinic, AC3 w/Aquasurf, Tunze 6105 pair & 40B frag tank 8 Fish, 20+ corals, shrimp, snails, worms, bugs, etc.

03/31/2011, 06:21 AM	#2
needmore-reef Registered Member Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: Mesa, AZ Posts: 425	yes, its a type of worm that is often in quality live rock.

04/01/2011, 06:04 AM	#3
lionfish_shane Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: Bartlesville, OK Posts: 145	Its was hard to get any decent pics of it but here they are. Hope it helps confirm identity. Also last night we saw a few more patches of this on some other rocks that are below this one.

04/01/2011, 09:38 AM	#4
lionfish_shane Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: Bartlesville, OK Posts: 145	Any other ideas? I know the pics arent that great, I appologize.

04/01/2011, 01:42 PM	#6
lionfish_shane Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: Bartlesville, OK Posts: 145	I dont think it is a sponge as it is real stringy. I will try my luck again and try to get better pics of it. That 3rd pic kinda shows the strands a little better but I know still not good pics.

04/04/2011, 03:08 PM	#7
cloak Moved On Join Date: Jul 2000 Location: Stockton, CA Posts: 14,854	It might be some bleached out Halimeda. http://reefkeeping.com/issues/2004-04/nftt/index.php

04/05/2011, 07:13 AM	#11
socalsalttank Moved On Join Date: Apr 2011 Posts: 59	might be some type of worms