I.D. Please

onebetter · 06/13/2012, 08:08 PM

My tanks about 2.5 weeks old since I started the cycle with raw shrimp, have 50lbs lr and 85lbs dry rock. Also I have a mixture of some snails, crabs and 2 clowns currently for the past few days and all is well.

I turned the lights on today and noticed all these little things stuck to the side of the glass, theres not many but roughly about 10 or so on just the front peice of glass.

SushiGirl · 06/13/2012, 09:41 PM

Look like nerite snail eggs.
Did your tank fully cycle before you added all this livestock?

bnumair · 06/13/2012, 10:00 PM

nerite snail eggs, sushigirl beat me to it.

VectorAKA · 06/14/2012, 01:07 AM

So i don't clutter....can you guys tell me what this is?

earthboy17 · 06/14/2012, 02:16 AM

I believe majano (pest) anemone.
People kill them off.

onebetter · 06/14/2012, 05:21 AM

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Originally Posted by SushiGirl

Look like nerite snail eggs.
Did your tank fully cycle before you added all this livestock?

Thanks SushiGirl and yes my Tropic Marin test showed 0 amm 0 nitrite and nitrate around 5-10 but I did all this in a matter of 2 weeks and added small cuc on the 13th day and 2 clowns on the 14th day

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Originally Posted by bnumair

nerite snail eggs, sushigirl beat me to it.

Np always nice to get more than one reply for reassurance

NirvanaFan · 06/14/2012, 06:07 AM

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Originally Posted by earthboy17

I believe majano (pest) anemone.
People kill them off.

Close. It's an anemone. It's not a majano though. It looks like a corynactis anemone. Sometimes called ball anemone or strawberry anemone.

SushiGirl · 06/14/2012, 08:11 PM

+1 on ball anemone.

VectorAKA · 06/14/2012, 09:47 PM

Thanks for info...and the hitch hike on your question.

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Originally Posted by NirvanaFan

Close. It's an anemone. It's not a majano though. It looks like a corynactis anemone. Sometimes called ball anemone or strawberry anemone.

So it is a pest to be removed? So now I am curious....what labels a "coral" a pest? Xenia a once hard to care for coral is becoming a pest in some tanks

I would love a Sticky with pictures of common pests to be removed and how best to go about it (I can provide plenty of pictures, lol). I do know a site with common hitchhikers with pictures but it does not tell you if a pest or what. http://www.chucksaddiction.com/hitchhikers.html

SushiGirl · 06/14/2012, 10:58 PM

Most say they're not pests. I started with one I missed in a frag a year ago & now I have well over 20. Some of them like to park in various zoa frags & irritate the crap out of them. Those I try to get rid of. Once with injected lemon juice & once with injected kalk paste...neither killed them, but some moved. This is in a high nutrient softy tank, which might contribute to their happiness. And they're not actually anemones, but corallimorphs, more related to mushrooms.

There is a sticky hitchhiker thread, with some listed as pests & some short ideas on how to get rid of them, however the thread is getting very long because rather than look through the thread 1st for an ID, people just post their pics of stuff that there are already lots of pics/IDs in there. The longer the thread gets, the less willing people are to spend 10 minutes looking through it first.

For getting rid of pests, a quick use of the search feature provides plenty of options.

06/13/2012, 09:41 PM	#2
SushiGirl Premium Member Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Fort Worth, TX USA Posts: 8,267	Look like nerite snail eggs. Did your tank fully cycle before you added all this livestock? __________________ Visit my Homepage or "My Albums" (via Profile) for hitchhiker pics. Current Tank Info: 55g softy/LPS tank & 20L reef tank

06/13/2012, 10:00 PM	#3
bnumair Dr. Reef at ur service Join Date: May 2009 Location: Tulsa, Ok, USA Posts: 7,751 Blog Entries: 15	nerite snail eggs, sushigirl beat me to it. __________________ Water Quality: NO3 0,Phos 0,Cal 440,Alk 7.5,Mag 1300 "Reef Fast, You Crash, Reef Slow, You Pass" Mike's Reef 3:16 Current Tank Info: 350g DT,95g sump, 50g Frag tank, 4800gph return 4x Sea swirls. 6x AI Vega Color. 200# Pukani rock, dual recirculating skimmer, Biopellet, GFO Carbon rx's, Cal rx. Closed loop. 1.5hp chiller, genesis renew. Apex & RKE

06/14/2012, 08:11 PM	#8
SushiGirl Premium Member Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Fort Worth, TX USA Posts: 8,267	+1 on ball anemone. __________________ Visit my Homepage or "My Albums" (via Profile) for hitchhiker pics. Current Tank Info: 55g softy/LPS tank & 20L reef tank

06/14/2012, 10:58 PM	#10
SushiGirl Premium Member Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Fort Worth, TX USA Posts: 8,267	Most say they're not pests. I started with one I missed in a frag a year ago & now I have well over 20. Some of them like to park in various zoa frags & irritate the crap out of them. Those I try to get rid of. Once with injected lemon juice & once with injected kalk paste...neither killed them, but some moved. This is in a high nutrient softy tank, which might contribute to their happiness. And they're not actually anemones, but corallimorphs, more related to mushrooms. There is a sticky hitchhiker thread, with some listed as pests & some short ideas on how to get rid of them, however the thread is getting very long because rather than look through the thread 1st for an ID, people just post their pics of stuff that there are already lots of pics/IDs in there. The longer the thread gets, the less willing people are to spend 10 minutes looking through it first. For getting rid of pests, a quick use of the search feature provides plenty of options. __________________ Visit my Homepage or "My Albums" (via Profile) for hitchhiker pics. Current Tank Info: 55g softy/LPS tank & 20L reef tank

06/14/2012, 02:16 AM	#5
earthboy17 Registered Member Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Walnut Creek / Concord, CA Posts: 1,331	I believe majano (pest) anemone. People kill them off.