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

[ReeferKimberly]

Originally Posted by LadyDave

I'm about to give up with this..... Here's a closer pic.

Please, someone must know what kind of creature this is???

I just quoted to see what Sushi was seeing. Yes she is right. Some kind of bivalve. Like a clam or mussel or something.

[Mikesull415]

Thanks sushigirl. I actually have seen that site, it's one that led me to the squat lobster. Believe me I've searched till I was blue in the face. Don't know if you watched the youtube videos of them I posted but they're pretty cool. The blue one is my favorite. Long arms on him. The other one is kind of scary looking. Lol

[pagojoe]

Originally Posted by ReeferKimberly

I just quoted to see what Sushi was seeing. Yes she is right. Some kind of bivalve. Like a clam or mussel or something.

Specifically, it's Acar plicata, a kind of Ark Clam. They are normally attached under dead coral slabs, but will detach and move if they don't like where they end up. They can climb aquarium walls like a snail.

Cheers,



Don

[zsxking]

Can someone ID what is this thing that attached to the LR rubble? uploadfromtaptalk1389521542817.jpg

[LadyDave]

[QUOTE=ReeferKimberly;22272819]I can never seen tapatalk pics until someone quotes them like sugar did. I guess I will start quoting them even if I don't know what they are. Maybe you upload them somewhere else and put them here, like tumblr? I don't know how tapatalk works really, but I hate it because I can never seen the pictures.



Really?!? I had no idea about this? If I'd known no-one could see the pictures I would've tried uploading them another way. Noted.... Thank you, maybe I will try quoting my own posts as I don't have it know how to use tumblr.

[SEABEE26]

I do like the shrimp. I have bought peppermints, but they seem to disappear. Would a cleaner be ok?

[MSreefdoc]

zsxking,
that looks kinda like a Zoa that is closed up. It is hard to tell from the pic, but hat's my guess.

[zsxking]

MSreefdoc, it does look like a zoa, but it never open since I saw it a month ago. Will that be possible? Or will there be something else look similar?

I got some zoa from LFS last week and they opened the first night, so I think the tank environment is fine.

[Carey19d]

I saw this snail? It have the body of a snail but it was very hard to tell if it has a shell. The "snail" is black and the back of him is blue.



It's right in the center. Sorry about fuzzy pic my phone sucks for pics.

[Sugar Magnolia]

Originally Posted by Carey19d

I saw this snail? It have the body of a snail but it was very hard to tell if it has a shell. The "snail" is black and the back of him is blue.



It's right in the center. Sorry about fuzzy pic my phone sucks for pics.

[Antonbarron]

Sounds like a stomatella snail but can't tell from the pic.

[Sugar Magnolia]

It is a stomatella. Harmless grazer.

[Carey19d]

That's what I thought I just wanted to verify because none of the pics I saw had a blue one. Thanks

[Sugar Magnolia]

They come in many different colors.

[MSreefdoc]

zsxking, It is very possible. The condition the zoa was in(due to it's previous tank quality or due to trauma) could have been something that would take time to recover. Also you may have perfect water quality, but you may also have slightly less than perfect water quality(still allowing another less stressed colony to open up) causing recovery of the zoa to take longer than usual. It may never recover if the tank water isn't close to perfect.

[Daenerys]

I am a complete newbie, I read the forum and visited a couple of fishstores .
I have 2 FW tanks with tropical fish and cichlids. I like testing water and PWC. I don't eat until my fish eats.
I am very happy since I got fish. Seriously, happier than I ever remember.
Usually I'm quite down during the darker months.

But I was getting envious of corals, the movements of SW fish, and especially their personalities (not colors).
I feel bad that I'm betraying my FW fish.
But I bought a 20g Nano SW tank with 2 Tomato Clowns and a lot of live rock on CL. It has some polyps and of course to me it looked all amazing, compared to my simple plants in FW

So I transported that thing 39 miles 1 way. in my car.no water loss w/3 buckets. It looked scary ; I remembered the crab and stopped rearranging the sand in the mud w/my bare hands. asked hubby to keep the flashlight on the crabs so I won't crush him.
I couldn't see the rocks, let alone fish, that I was putting there b/c of the dirt at 7pm and at 2am is was clear. I went to sleep happy.

Now 3 days after the move the emerald crab dies, I think it wasn't the molt.
I drop everything, pick my 4 yo and go to LFS to get water for the 5g PWC.
My skimmer is full of foam too- not good news.
I did rearranged the rocks with many hiding places which Clowns divided immediately, but I don't hold hope for the crab.

It has been ok since then,but I haven't seen the crab for 4 days... how did I kill him? I tested ammonia 0. I need to buy API test for marine.
I added all the Kent's additives today as Sat will be a week since I own the tank.

Please, don't think that I'm a moron, I am very excited and love to learn.

I knew there are some critters in SW tanks, but I didn't expect such a variety and didn't even think of a possibility of them being poisonous or stinging me.

I always put my hands in water b/c I like it (I like planting without gloves too), now I will wear gloves.
Also I will forgo anemones and Zoas no matter how pretty as I have kids.

I realized that I am in for quite a eye-opening experience.

I have 1 question : there are some black moldy spots appeared on 1 of the rocks, pea-sized the most. I looked at 1 under 20xmagnification, it looks like a few dark brown snails/shells. It dried up fast in my pocket (I know...)
WTH is that as I scraped it of with my nail?

I have 2 Turbo snails for 2 days now, but it takes longer for the eggs to hatch and they have been exclusively on glass. 1 is active,another doesn't like to be touched- goes immobile for hours.

I have a very good eye when it comes to animals/bugs (so bad I am that I could never see the mushrooms in the forest, only critters), I notice all the changes,so I hope I'll catch the problems at the very start.

I clean the glass inside daily. I topped off water twice w/RO FW in a week.
What else should I do?

Is this new growth dangerous for corals/polyps/fish?

Also I was told to use daylight T5 for 3 hrs max or I'll have green algae.
Tested one day- got algae, scrubbed off. I don't freak out, I act.
Now I think 3 hrs is low-light conditions, shouldn't it be 7-8 hrs?

I still hope to get Blue mushroom to grow as they should be OK with low light.
I don't need anything fancy, I want something that will work in my setup.
Anything that looks like coral is fine with me. anything alive will work.

I need QT as well, have an empty 15g.
I love this hobby - no time to shop for clothes and toys for kids-
hauling buckets of water and testing and scrubbing; actually should
save our family some money. who could have thought...but I'm happy.

Thank you for your help.

[Yellow05gt]

Found this guy swimming around today. ID would be great if y'all don't mind

[Yellow05gt]

Another picture

[cloak]

It looks like a harmless bristle worm.

[Yellow05gt]

Great! That's good news. I appreciate the response

[SushiGirl]

Originally Posted by zsxking

Can someone ID what is this thing that attached to the LR rubble? Attachment 259652

Might be a tunicate. Hard to tell.

[ReeferKimberly]

zsxking, it kind of looks like a snake polyp. Has it ever opened up?

[jedavis3]

Is this Nudibranch hitchhiker safe for my soft corals?

[trapline]

Is this aiptasia

[cloak]

Originally Posted by trapline

Is this aiptasia

Yes.