Pix & ID: Critters that come in your rocks: the good and the bad. - Page 124

Yellow05gt · 01/24/2014, 10:02 AM

Anyone ID this for me?

Sugar Magnolia · 01/24/2014, 10:51 AM

Looks like Phyllagia Americana. Cup coral. Harmless.

Ptyochromis · 01/24/2014, 02:00 PM

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Originally Posted by Sugar Magnolia

Looks like Phyllagia Americana. Cup coral. Harmless.

Indeed, ill second that.

Yellow05gt · 01/25/2014, 03:13 AM

That's good to hear. I thought it might of been a "pest" anemone and was about to get rid of it. Thanks a bunch once again!

agranoff · 01/25/2014, 04:08 PM

I found a worm swimming around and then climbing on my coral (which concerned me). I removed it but I don't know what it is - I tried to identify but can't find anything that matches. See picture. Any guesses?

Thanks

Yellow05gt · 01/26/2014, 04:35 AM

So do cup coral eat live brine shrimp?

robotman · 01/26/2014, 09:35 AM

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Originally Posted by Ptyochromis

Any idea what this thing is? I have seen it a few times before, it sora reminds me of an alevapora polyp.

High res original photo http://i.imgur.com/aGTmxE3.jpg

Cropped for size

looks like a asternia star.

Sugar Magnolia · 01/26/2014, 10:39 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by agranoff

I found a worm swimming around and then climbing on my coral (which concerned me). I removed it but I don't know what it is - I tried to identify but can't find anything that matches. See picture. Any guesses?

Thanks

Looks like a ribbon worm. Harmless.

SushiGirl · 01/26/2014, 11:03 AM

Yellow05, i'm sure it would eat any meaty food.
Ptyochromis, the pic everyone keeps trying to ID looks like a baby coral of some kind. Is that a mouth in the middle?

agranoff · 01/26/2014, 12:05 PM

Sugar Magnolia, thanks for replying. I am glad to learn its probably harmless. Thanks!

Yellow05gt · 01/26/2014, 12:37 PM

Ok thanks! It looks like a mouth in the middle. It's hard to see. I made a video of it so you can see a little better.

Yellow05gt · 01/26/2014, 01:01 PM

Sugar Magnolia · 01/26/2014, 02:39 PM

Ptyochromis, that looks like a daisy polyp to me.

Ptyochromis · 01/26/2014, 05:30 PM

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Originally Posted by Sugar Magnolia

Ptyochromis, that looks like a daisy polyp to me.

Makes sense, it does close up at night. Its like 1mm across, I didn't think they were that small. The tank has been up for >1 year, I wonder why it is showing up now.

Daftpusher · 01/26/2014, 10:35 PM

I've been through all 124 pages here and some I saw might match these but not 100% sure. Checked out Lionfish Lair's guide as well as Chuck's addiction. Let me know if you can help. This is my first post so please bare with me. I know I am rather wordy.

http://youtu.be/-JdQ5TbUf9A

1. Worm with weird markings. Thought maybe a nereid? I have seen tons that I could make out in the past 10 months or so. But have only seen a handful lately. And what is the brown little arm whipping at this worm as it get too close?

2. Tiny worm on glass. I always see these after my water changes. I also have the clear flatworms but can't find anything about this one.

3. I am almost sure this may be a vermatid snail? It's attached to one of my astraea snails. I wasn't sure of it's spiral shell. I hadn't seen any vermatids with this shape.

4. I know the red hair like worms are spaghetti worms but more curious about the little insects scurrying on the sandbed. Are these amphipods? Or are they too small? Some mite perhaps :/

5. In this clip it's a little hard to make out the worm in the center of the video. It looks like a bubbly off-white colored head with two tentacles popping in and out of a little tunnel. Also, more mite looking critters.

6. This is another priority id needed. I have a lot of these snails in my tank and I've seen them crawling on my zoas. I see sundial snails throughout my searches but the coloring is off for these in my tank. Wondering if these snails are okay to have in the tank. They aren't limited to the zooanthids but i'm still new to this so just concerned.

7. No ID needed. I know this is a bristle worm

But another shot of those snails I'm wondering about.

SushiGirl · 01/26/2014, 11:06 PM

Kind of what I was thinking, too. I had a couple show up in a tank I had 10 years ago.

forty · 01/27/2014, 01:54 AM

this thread has saved me countless hours of research. Thank you Thank you Thank you!

Crimthann · 01/28/2014, 03:49 PM

Any shot anyone knows what type of pistol shrimp this is and if it's reef safe? I found it in my sump today after hearing clicking at night for a while. It's probably somewhere around .5 to 1 inch long.

pagojoe · 01/28/2014, 04:13 PM

Daftpusher,

#3 is definitely a vermetid, maybe a Serpulorbis species. #6 is a small turbinid, either a Collonista or a close relative. It's harmless.

Cheers,

Don

yukiona · 01/28/2014, 09:44 PM

you seem to know alot but could find if mine a pest or not not in the pics i see could u help me ty 1) bristles n tentacles like star but not see body https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?v...48000016399724 2) looks like white string bobs in and out to sweep https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?v...74568534698243 thanks if could help

leemarch · 01/29/2014, 03:51 AM

Anyone know what this creature is? (The bright green in the middle) it had like little horns/antennas!!???

leemarch · 01/29/2014, 03:55 AM

Does anyone know what this creature is? It's the green thing? It had little horn/antennas! Ha

ReeferKimberly · 01/29/2014, 04:14 AM

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Originally Posted by leemarch

Does anyone know what this creature is? It's the green thing? It had little horn/antennas! Ha

looks like it might be a coral eating nudibranch, maybe eating what it is sitting on. I would dip the colony and be on the lookout for eggs.

leemarch · 01/29/2014, 05:19 AM

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Originally Posted by ReeferKimberly

looks like it might be a coral eating nudibranch, maybe eating what it is sitting on. I would dip the colony and be on the lookout for eggs.

Thanks a lot!! This was last night. Do you think it will be on the same coral rock?

worm5406 · 01/29/2014, 10:55 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by leemarch

Anyone know what this creature is? (The bright green in the middle) it had like little horns/antennas!!???

Why does that look like majano?

Does it look like this:

01/24/2014, 10:51 AM	#3077
Sugar Magnolia Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Northern VA Posts: 17,691	Looks like Phyllagia Americana. Cup coral. Harmless. __________________ Adrienne The only thing to fear is fear itself....and spiders.

01/26/2014, 11:03 AM	#3084
SushiGirl Premium Member Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Fort Worth, TX USA Posts: 8,267	Yellow05, i'm sure it would eat any meaty food. Ptyochromis, the pic everyone keeps trying to ID looks like a baby coral of some kind. Is that a mouth in the middle? __________________ Visit my Homepage or "My Albums" (via Profile) for hitchhiker pics. Current Tank Info: 55g softy/LPS tank & 20L reef tank

01/26/2014, 12:05 PM	#3085
agranoff Registered Member Join Date: Dec 2013 Posts: 174	Sugar Magnolia, thanks for replying. I am glad to learn its probably harmless. Thanks! __________________ Fusion 40, Neptune Apex, Maxspect Razor 120w, Tunze ATO & Skimmer, IM Reactor, Arctica Chiller 1/10HP, BRS Dosers (Alk&Cal), MP10. Clownfish, Coral, 2 PJ Cardinals & Royal Gramma

01/26/2014, 02:39 PM	#3088
Sugar Magnolia Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Northern VA Posts: 17,691	Ptyochromis, that looks like a daisy polyp to me. __________________ Adrienne The only thing to fear is fear itself....and spiders.

01/26/2014, 10:35 PM	#3090
Daftpusher Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2013 Posts: 2	Diamond back worm? Baby Sundial Snails? I've been through all 124 pages here and some I saw might match these but not 100% sure. Checked out Lionfish Lair's guide as well as Chuck's addiction. Let me know if you can help. This is my first post so please bare with me. I know I am rather wordy. http://youtu.be/-JdQ5TbUf9A 1. Worm with weird markings. Thought maybe a nereid? I have seen tons that I could make out in the past 10 months or so. But have only seen a handful lately. And what is the brown little arm whipping at this worm as it get too close? 2. Tiny worm on glass. I always see these after my water changes. I also have the clear flatworms but can't find anything about this one. 3. I am almost sure this may be a vermatid snail? It's attached to one of my astraea snails. I wasn't sure of it's spiral shell. I hadn't seen any vermatids with this shape. 4. I know the red hair like worms are spaghetti worms but more curious about the little insects scurrying on the sandbed. Are these amphipods? Or are they too small? Some mite perhaps :/ 5. In this clip it's a little hard to make out the worm in the center of the video. It looks like a bubbly off-white colored head with two tentacles popping in and out of a little tunnel. Also, more mite looking critters. 6. This is another priority id needed. I have a lot of these snails in my tank and I've seen them crawling on my zoas. I see sundial snails throughout my searches but the coloring is off for these in my tank. Wondering if these snails are okay to have in the tank. They aren't limited to the zooanthids but i'm still new to this so just concerned. 7. No ID needed. I know this is a bristle worm But another shot of those snails I'm wondering about.

01/25/2014, 03:13 AM	#3079
Yellow05gt Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2014 Location: Florida Posts: 115	That's good to hear. I thought it might of been a "pest" anemone and was about to get rid of it. Thanks a bunch once again!

01/26/2014, 04:35 AM	#3081
Yellow05gt Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2014 Location: Florida Posts: 115	So do cup coral eat live brine shrimp?

01/26/2014, 12:37 PM	#3086
Yellow05gt Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2014 Location: Florida Posts: 115	Ok thanks! It looks like a mouth in the middle. It's hard to see. I made a video of it so you can see a little better.

01/26/2014, 01:01 PM	#3087
Yellow05gt Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2014 Location: Florida Posts: 115

01/26/2014, 11:06 PM	#3091
SushiGirl Premium Member Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Fort Worth, TX USA Posts: 8,267	Kind of what I was thinking, too. I had a couple show up in a tank I had 10 years ago. __________________ Visit my Homepage or "My Albums" (via Profile) for hitchhiker pics. Current Tank Info: 55g softy/LPS tank & 20L reef tank

01/27/2014, 01:54 AM	#3092
forty Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2014 Posts: 9	this thread has saved me countless hours of research. Thank you Thank you Thank you!

01/28/2014, 03:49 PM	#3093
Crimthann Registered Member Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Pompano beach Posts: 321	Any shot anyone knows what type of pistol shrimp this is and if it's reef safe? I found it in my sump today after hearing clicking at night for a while. It's probably somewhere around .5 to 1 inch long.

01/28/2014, 04:13 PM	#3094
pagojoe Team RC Member Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Conroe, TX Posts: 2,761	Daftpusher, #3 is definitely a vermetid, maybe a Serpulorbis species. #6 is a small turbinid, either a Collonista or a close relative. It's harmless. Cheers, Don

01/28/2014, 09:44 PM	#3095
yukiona Registered Member Join Date: Sep 2013 Location: boston Posts: 8	you seem to know alot but could find if mine a pest or not not in the pics i see could u help me ty 1) bristles n tentacles like star but not see body https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?v...48000016399724 2) looks like white string bobs in and out to sweep https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?v...74568534698243 thanks if could help

01/29/2014, 03:51 AM	#3096
leemarch Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2014 Location: Nottingham, England, UK Posts: 140	Anyone know what this creature is? (The bright green in the middle) it had like little horns/antennas!!??? __________________ Lee ;) Current Tank Info: I've got a Lido120 with live rocks, two clown fish, yellow banded possum wrasse, watchman goby (and her pistol shrimp friend), clean up crew and numerous polyp corals!! Have a sand bottom! Last edited by Dino; 01/29/2014 at 05:34 AM.

01/29/2014, 03:55 AM	#3097
leemarch Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2014 Location: Nottingham, England, UK Posts: 140	Pix & ID: Critters that come in your rocks: the good and the bad. Does anyone know what this creature is? It's the green thing? It had little horn/antennas! Ha __________________ Lee ;) Current Tank Info: I've got a Lido120 with live rocks, two clown fish, yellow banded possum wrasse, watchman goby (and her pistol shrimp friend), clean up crew and numerous polyp corals!! Have a sand bottom!

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