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Unread 07/17/2014, 12:17 PM   #3851
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The thing in the middle? (I know what's on the right of it... )



These white puffy things? They don't move around:



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Unread 07/17/2014, 09:17 PM   #3852
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Crab, keep or toss...
My previous post did not show the pic, hopefully this works.
Looks kinda hairy, always attached to hard corals.


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Unread 07/17/2014, 10:23 PM   #3853
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The thing in the middle? (I know what's on the right of it... )



These white puffy things? They don't move around:



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Stomatella varia and Scypha sponges (pineapple sponges), both harmless


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Unread 07/18/2014, 12:36 PM   #3854
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thank you pagojoe!


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Unread 07/18/2014, 12:48 PM   #3855
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Also found this little crab on a coral, good or bad?

Normally anything hairy and black tips is bad. Get rid of it.


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Unread 07/18/2014, 12:53 PM   #3856
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Things on glass....
Are these AEFW?

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What are these on the glass? Move like snails....



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Unread 07/18/2014, 03:54 PM   #3857
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Are these AEFW?
I don't think so. Generally they'll congregate next to the acros, as aside to these polyps.

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Unread 07/19/2014, 08:07 AM   #3858
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Are these AEFW?
No. That type of flatworm is harmless, they eat copepods.


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Unread 07/20/2014, 06:25 AM   #3859
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ID Please. What type of snails are these? They are living in my sump.





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Unread 07/20/2014, 06:43 AM   #3860
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ID Please. What type of snails are these? They are living in my sump.
Stomatella snail.


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Unread 07/20/2014, 06:47 AM   #3861
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Stomatella snail.
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Unread 07/20/2014, 08:26 PM   #3862
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Can anyone help me ID this thing? It's been hanging in this spot for a few days now. Bad? Good?


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Unread 07/21/2014, 05:52 AM   #3863
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Can anyone help me ID this thing? It's been hanging in this spot for a few days now. Bad? Good?



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Unread 07/21/2014, 05:53 AM   #3864
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Can anyone help me ID this thing? It's been hanging in this spot for a few days now. Bad? Good?
Hard to tell. Does it move?


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Unread 07/21/2014, 06:51 PM   #3865
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Hard to tell. Does it move?
Not really. It has changed over time. It wasn't this white and thick looking, now it has developed into this. It moves with the current of my tank but otherwise it seems pretty stagnant (and gross looking Hahaha)


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Unread 07/21/2014, 06:56 PM   #3866
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Does anyone have any idea what this is? It appeared in my sand a few weeks ago.


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Unread 07/21/2014, 10:49 PM   #3867
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Found a hitchhiker crab in my tank today. I am assuming bad crab, because it has hairy legs and (only one) pointy claw. It's body is the size of a penny (there in the bowl for reference.)

Its already in the sump, but for curiosity sake, what type of crab is it?

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Unread 07/22/2014, 10:09 AM   #3868
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My rock has developed this hairy looking algae?
Not sure if you'll be able to see it but it is all over the rock and no one is eating it. Had it a couple weeks or so.


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Unread 07/22/2014, 11:15 AM   #3869
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My rock has developed this hairy looking algae?
Not sure if you'll be able to see it but it is all over the rock and no one is eating it. Had it a couple weeks or so.
Bryozoans perhaps?


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Unread 07/22/2014, 05:02 PM   #3870
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Bryozoans perhaps?
I don't think so. They are extremely small. There is a black dwarf cerith in the picture if that gives any perspective.
Unless they can start out so very small.


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Unread 07/22/2014, 07:40 PM   #3871
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I know these guys are stars, just wondering if anyone is able to ID them with just pictures of their legs. The legs are banded, looks like red and white maybe?

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Unread 07/23/2014, 06:18 AM   #3872
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I know these guys are stars, just wondering if anyone is able to ID them with just pictures of their legs. The legs are banded, looks like red and white maybe?

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Unread 07/23/2014, 06:28 AM   #3873
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Unread 07/23/2014, 02:46 PM   #3874
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Brittlestar for sure, perhaps not so micro. I have a few of these in my tank. One has stuffed itself into a hole under my Kenya tree and persists in irritating it. I tried to lure it out to find that it was quite large. With legs spread, approx. 2 - 2 1/2" in diameter. Looked much smaller when just the tips of its legs stuck out, much like in your photo.


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Unread 07/23/2014, 07:15 PM   #3875
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Can anyone identify this? Right above hermit crab? Good bad?
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