Live rock Hitch Hiker

scags101 · 03/16/2013, 04:32 PM

Totally new to the salt water environment i have some live rock that is seeding my base rock in the cycle atm. Looking around in the tank I came across this

https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B6iM...it?usp=sharing

any idea what it is ... kinda looks like its in a clam shell also

SushiGirl · 03/16/2013, 05:41 PM

Does it move? Does the clam move?

alexander_ktn · 03/16/2013, 05:42 PM

I would say it's a dead clam.

scags101 · 03/16/2013, 06:22 PM

no its alive and it moves

chrisfont23 · 03/16/2013, 06:24 PM

Clam

SushiGirl · 03/16/2013, 06:31 PM

I would guess what's inside is just the clam's insides, then.

scags101 · 03/16/2013, 06:32 PM

scallop maybe

alexander_ktn · 03/16/2013, 06:36 PM

AMC's The Filtering Dead

Must be a zombie clam...
Seriously: if it still moves and isn't just being moved by the currents it's in its death throes. No clam could be open so wide and not being eaten in nature. So that's not sth a healthy/alive clam would do.

scags101 · 03/16/2013, 07:13 PM

umm i have nothing in my tank atm... its still currently cycling

scags101 · 03/16/2013, 07:25 PM

fishy888 · 03/16/2013, 07:37 PM

Sadly I must concur with the others. It looks like most of it has disintegrated. Non photosynthetic clams don't typically do well in our tanks.

SushiGirl · 03/17/2013, 12:38 AM

I have at least 3 little ones (different kind) in my 55 that have been doing well, but they have plenty of food in that tank. I can't imagine it would be doing too well during the cycle, but mine made it. They weren't hanging open like that, though.

scags101 · 03/19/2013, 03:14 PM

mine died in a day lol ... poor little guy ...

scags101 · 03/19/2013, 03:23 PM

now i got what looks like a little tiny white shroom on my glass... Idea's when i look at it , it loose like a snail bottom about 1mm wide with 3 tubes on the top .. wierd

scags101 · 03/19/2013, 03:23 PM

trying to get a pick but its difficult as its on the front of the glass

SushiGirl · 03/19/2013, 03:38 PM

Get a pic of the bottom of it if you can't get one from the top or side. Can't guarantee we'd be able to tell what it is, but it's better than nothing!

scags101 · 03/19/2013, 08:16 PM

my best camera is my iphone5 so here is the best i could do

Hitch hiker by Erick Sundeen, on Flickr

SushiGirl · 03/19/2013, 08:42 PM

Look up ball anemone & aiptasia & see if. It's either one of those.

scags101 · 03/19/2013, 10:13 PM

k i dunno it also looks like a path is going up the glass from the substrate to this little thing so its moving

SushiGirl · 03/19/2013, 10:31 PM

All anemones can move, so that wouldn't be too unusual. The pic is really blurry, but it looks very similar in color & blob wise to some ball anemones I have on my glass. Really hard to be sure without a better pic, sorry.

03/16/2013, 04:32 PM	#1
scags101 Registered Member Join Date: Mar 2013 Location: Duluth, MN Posts: 36	Live rock Hitch Hiker Totally new to the salt water environment i have some live rock that is seeding my base rock in the cycle atm. Looking around in the tank I came across this https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B6iM...it?usp=sharing any idea what it is ... kinda looks like its in a clam shell also __________________ Realization (re·al·i·za·tion): the state of understanding or becoming aware of something Every Tank is different. So are opinions... Current Tank Info: 20g Nano, 3g HOB Refuge Last edited by scags101; 03/16/2013 at 04:46 PM.

03/16/2013, 05:41 PM	#2
SushiGirl Premium Member Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Fort Worth, TX USA Posts: 8,267	Does it move? Does the clam move? __________________ Visit my Homepage or "My Albums" (via Profile) for hitchhiker pics. Current Tank Info: 55g softy/LPS tank & 20L reef tank

03/16/2013, 06:22 PM	#4
scags101 Registered Member Join Date: Mar 2013 Location: Duluth, MN Posts: 36	no its alive and it moves __________________ Realization (re·al·i·za·tion): the state of understanding or becoming aware of something Every Tank is different. So are opinions... Current Tank Info: 20g Nano, 3g HOB Refuge

03/16/2013, 06:31 PM	#6
SushiGirl Premium Member Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Fort Worth, TX USA Posts: 8,267	I would guess what's inside is just the clam's insides, then. __________________ Visit my Homepage or "My Albums" (via Profile) for hitchhiker pics. Current Tank Info: 55g softy/LPS tank & 20L reef tank

03/16/2013, 06:32 PM	#7
scags101 Registered Member Join Date: Mar 2013 Location: Duluth, MN Posts: 36	scallop maybe __________________ Realization (re·al·i·za·tion): the state of understanding or becoming aware of something Every Tank is different. So are opinions... Current Tank Info: 20g Nano, 3g HOB Refuge

03/16/2013, 05:42 PM	#3
alexander_ktn Registered Member Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Austria Posts: 851	I would say it's a dead clam.

03/16/2013, 06:24 PM	#5
chrisfont23 Reef Monster Join Date: Sep 2011 Location: Long Island Posts: 1,343	Clam

03/16/2013, 06:36 PM	#8
alexander_ktn Registered Member Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Austria Posts: 851	AMC's The Filtering Dead Must be a zombie clam... Seriously: if it still moves and isn't just being moved by the currents it's in its death throes. No clam could be open so wide and not being eaten in nature. So that's not sth a healthy/alive clam would do.

03/16/2013, 07:13 PM	#9
scags101 Registered Member Join Date: Mar 2013 Location: Duluth, MN Posts: 36	umm i have nothing in my tank atm... its still currently cycling __________________ Realization (re·al·i·za·tion): the state of understanding or becoming aware of something Every Tank is different. So are opinions... Current Tank Info: 20g Nano, 3g HOB Refuge

03/16/2013, 07:25 PM	#10
scags101 Registered Member Join Date: Mar 2013 Location: Duluth, MN Posts: 36	__________________ Realization (re·al·i·za·tion): the state of understanding or becoming aware of something Every Tank is different. So are opinions... Current Tank Info: 20g Nano, 3g HOB Refuge

03/16/2013, 07:37 PM	#11
fishy888 Registered Member Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: Decatur, IL Posts: 156	Sadly I must concur with the others. It looks like most of it has disintegrated. Non photosynthetic clams don't typically do well in our tanks.

03/17/2013, 12:38 AM	#12
SushiGirl Premium Member Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Fort Worth, TX USA Posts: 8,267	I have at least 3 little ones (different kind) in my 55 that have been doing well, but they have plenty of food in that tank. I can't imagine it would be doing too well during the cycle, but mine made it. They weren't hanging open like that, though. __________________ Visit my Homepage or "My Albums" (via Profile) for hitchhiker pics. Current Tank Info: 55g softy/LPS tank & 20L reef tank

03/19/2013, 03:14 PM	#13
scags101 Registered Member Join Date: Mar 2013 Location: Duluth, MN Posts: 36	mine died in a day lol ... poor little guy ... __________________ Realization (re·al·i·za·tion): the state of understanding or becoming aware of something Every Tank is different. So are opinions... Current Tank Info: 20g Nano, 3g HOB Refuge

03/19/2013, 03:23 PM	#14
scags101 Registered Member Join Date: Mar 2013 Location: Duluth, MN Posts: 36	now i got what looks like a little tiny white shroom on my glass... Idea's when i look at it , it loose like a snail bottom about 1mm wide with 3 tubes on the top .. wierd __________________ Realization (re·al·i·za·tion): the state of understanding or becoming aware of something Every Tank is different. So are opinions... Current Tank Info: 20g Nano, 3g HOB Refuge

03/19/2013, 03:38 PM	#16
SushiGirl Premium Member Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Fort Worth, TX USA Posts: 8,267	Get a pic of the bottom of it if you can't get one from the top or side. Can't guarantee we'd be able to tell what it is, but it's better than nothing! __________________ Visit my Homepage or "My Albums" (via Profile) for hitchhiker pics. Current Tank Info: 55g softy/LPS tank & 20L reef tank

03/19/2013, 08:16 PM	#17
scags101 Registered Member Join Date: Mar 2013 Location: Duluth, MN Posts: 36	my best camera is my iphone5 so here is the best i could do Hitch hiker by Erick Sundeen, on Flickr __________________ Realization (re·al·i·za·tion): the state of understanding or becoming aware of something Every Tank is different. So are opinions... Current Tank Info: 20g Nano, 3g HOB Refuge

03/19/2013, 08:42 PM	#18
SushiGirl Premium Member Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Fort Worth, TX USA Posts: 8,267	Look up ball anemone & aiptasia & see if. It's either one of those. __________________ Visit my Homepage or "My Albums" (via Profile) for hitchhiker pics. Current Tank Info: 55g softy/LPS tank & 20L reef tank

03/19/2013, 10:13 PM	#19
scags101 Registered Member Join Date: Mar 2013 Location: Duluth, MN Posts: 36	k i dunno it also looks like a path is going up the glass from the substrate to this little thing so its moving __________________ Realization (re·al·i·za·tion): the state of understanding or becoming aware of something Every Tank is different. So are opinions... Current Tank Info: 20g Nano, 3g HOB Refuge

03/19/2013, 10:31 PM	#20
SushiGirl Premium Member Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Fort Worth, TX USA Posts: 8,267	All anemones can move, so that wouldn't be too unusual. The pic is really blurry, but it looks very similar in color & blob wise to some ball anemones I have on my glass. Really hard to be sure without a better pic, sorry. __________________ Visit my Homepage or "My Albums" (via Profile) for hitchhiker pics. Current Tank Info: 55g softy/LPS tank & 20L reef tank