Pix & ID: Critters that come in your rocks: the good and the bad. - Page 177

brendanwp · 01/15/2015, 03:12 PM

thanks!

AmberLee · 01/15/2015, 03:33 PM

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Originally Posted by cloak

Rock Flower anemone?

So now I've geard majano anemone and rock flower anemone... Hmmm haha

mujtaba · 01/16/2015, 01:49 AM

Found a few of these free swimming in my aquarium after introducing some new live rocks. Sorry abt poor image quality.
http://i1382.photobucket.com/albums/...g?t=1421308009

Puffyluv · 01/16/2015, 05:02 AM

Peanut worm?

cloak · 01/16/2015, 11:55 AM

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Originally Posted by mujtaba

Found a few of these free swimming in my aquarium after introducing some new live rocks. Sorry abt poor image quality.
http://i1382.photobucket.com/albums/...g?t=1421308009

Polychaete epitokes most likely.

Bingo22 · 01/17/2015, 10:34 AM

I just bought this live rock from my LFS and im new to saltwater. First tank. day 3. What is this black thing above the polyp? Should I remove this or what is it? Is it decay?

cloak · 01/17/2015, 11:07 AM

If it's stationary it's probably just a sponge of some sort. If it moves, remove it. (flatworm)

Bingo22 · 01/17/2015, 08:35 PM

ok thanks!

PotteryMan · 01/18/2015, 11:27 AM

Is this a clear flatworm or something else? About the size of pinky fingernail. Good or bad? Lionfishlair says good if it is clear flatworm but it looks a little different.

mujtaba · 01/18/2015, 12:02 PM

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Originally Posted by cloak

Polychaete epitokes most likely.

Thanks for the response. Can u plz also tell me how bad is this worm for FOWLR?

jock · 01/18/2015, 01:11 PM

Hi. Just got a new coral frag and got a few of these long stringy white worms. Anybody tell me what they are and whether they are harmless. Thanks

cloak · 01/18/2015, 01:58 PM

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Originally Posted by mujtaba

Thanks for the response. Can u plz also tell me how bad is this worm for FOWLR?

In most cases these are just baby bristle worms, so not harmful at all. Also, depending on what kind of fish you have in the tank, they might wind up as food.

jock · 01/18/2015, 03:56 PM

Any suggestions on mine... Post 4411. Thank you

primetyme941 · 01/18/2015, 04:26 PM

Any ideas what this is. I bought my rock dry so I'm not sure where it came from... Could it be one of my snails somehow lost a shell?

quagmire · 01/18/2015, 04:40 PM

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Originally Posted by jock

Any suggestions on mine... Post 4411. Thank you

Looks like the feeding tentacle of a spionid worm. Harmless as far as i know.

quagmire · 01/18/2015, 04:43 PM

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Originally Posted by primetyme941

Any ideas what this is. I bought my rock dry so I'm not sure where it came from... Could it be one of my snails somehow lost a shell?

Stomatella snail. Good guy.

cloak · 01/18/2015, 04:54 PM

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Originally Posted by jock

Hi. Just got a new coral frag and got a few of these long stringy white worms. Anybody tell me what they are and whether they are harmless. Thanks

Is it just the one white worm, or does it look like there might be two of them originating from the same spot?

http://reefkeeping.com/issues/2003-05/rs/

murdock84 · 01/18/2015, 05:09 PM

Just saw a couple of these in my refugium and have no clue what they are. What your looking at is the skinny worm looking thing that has a bunch of small clear whisker things coming off the one end. Sorry for the crappy picture but there are two in the photo.

primetyme941 · 01/18/2015, 05:15 PM

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Originally Posted by quagmire

Stomatella snail. Good guy.

Nice..Thanks!

jock · 01/18/2015, 06:03 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by cloak

Is it just the one white worm, or does it look like there might be two of them originating from the same spot?

http://reefkeeping.com/issues/2003-05/rs/

Thanks for help folks. As far as I could tell there was only one. They are away just now.

Frozenguy · 01/18/2015, 06:53 PM

Found this on my live rock that is curing. Looks partly dead from shipment but want to make sure its dead if it's bad.

PotteryMan · 01/18/2015, 06:58 PM

another pic

OliverS · 01/19/2015, 07:51 AM

This guy came in my live rock. I'm thinking it's not a zebra hermit but that's the nearest I've seen.

Mainly just wondering if he's reef safe or if he's likely to kill my other crabs.

Cmrspresley · 01/19/2015, 07:35 PM

image.jpg
Found this living in a coral that I just brought home two days ago. Good or bad?

sg_halvorsen · 01/19/2015, 11:26 PM

anyone know what this little guy is, he is in my refugium now. I posted this in the general discussion and someone suggested a juvenile porcelain. But I'm thinking it might be some sort of juvenile xanthid. Right now all that is in my DT is 3 tiny blue legs, an emerald, snails, and a peppermint shrimp. Along with way to much algae (hence the crabs)

But being so small I didn't want to loose him in there and not be able to grab it if its not safe for coral down the road. It came on a piece of LR I got today.

Size: >1cm across including legs

01/16/2015, 01:49 AM	#4403
mujtaba Registered Member Join Date: May 2013 Posts: 60	Any idea abt the critter? Found a few of these free swimming in my aquarium after introducing some new live rocks. Sorry abt poor image quality. http://i1382.photobucket.com/albums/...g?t=1421308009

01/18/2015, 11:27 AM	#4409
PotteryMan Registered Member Join Date: Sep 2014 Location: Atlanta Posts: 64	Is this a clear flatworm or something else? About the size of pinky fingernail. Good or bad? Lionfishlair says good if it is clear flatworm but it looks a little different. __________________ Mark 100 gallon addiction Last edited by PotteryMan; 01/18/2015 at 11:34 AM.

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PotteryMan Registered Member Join Date: Sep 2014 Location: Atlanta Posts: 64	another pic __________________ Mark 100 gallon addiction

01/19/2015, 07:35 PM	#4424
Cmrspresley Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2015 Posts: 15	image.jpg Found this living in a coral that I just brought home two days ago. Good or bad? Last edited by Cmrspresley; 01/19/2015 at 07:41 PM.

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sg_halvorsen Registered Member Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: MD Posts: 15	anyone know what this little guy is, he is in my refugium now. I posted this in the general discussion and someone suggested a juvenile porcelain. But I'm thinking it might be some sort of juvenile xanthid. Right now all that is in my DT is 3 tiny blue legs, an emerald, snails, and a peppermint shrimp. Along with way to much algae (hence the crabs) But being so small I didn't want to loose him in there and not be able to grab it if its not safe for coral down the road. It came on a piece of LR I got today. Size: >1cm across including legs