Pix & ID: Critters that come in your rocks: the good and the bad. - Page 180

Socalreef60 · 01/28/2015, 10:41 PM

I've seen this before in the past as well. Found a clam nearby through a porous channel in the rock, so may have been an expulsion from one of the clams vents ( insert proper terminology for water vent here ). May have even been a oyster as it was dark grey

Puffyluv · 01/29/2015, 01:37 PM

Whoops, sorry!

rajczi · 01/29/2015, 05:26 PM

This was sold at the LFS as a Marble Tile Starfish but I haven't seen any pictures online of marble or tile starfish (or any fromia for that matter) that has as consistent a coverage of markings. He is a bit more red on the back between the tiles than this image makes him appear. I have had him about 6 weeks and he seems fairly happy and want to know more to make sure he stays that way.

Thanks,

Chris

Puffyluv · 01/30/2015, 08:31 AM

Looks like a fromia indica to me...they come in a variety of patterns. BTW, this is a hitchiker forum...think there might be another one for non hitchikers? Not sure?

sbaldewicz · 01/30/2015, 08:58 PM

What is this? We purchased an established tank, and these keep popping up on different live rock. This is our 4th or 5th so far.

coffee_snob · 01/30/2015, 09:22 PM

Im still am not sure what this guy is. Here is a better video.

It's a long "hairy" worm. You can see it laying horizontally on rock inside cave.

coffee_snob · 01/31/2015, 10:00 AM

Bump

alexander_ktn · 01/31/2015, 10:18 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by coffee_snob

Bump

Don't bump in threads where you ask other people to work for you (looking up stuff).

Could be a worm in the genus Syllis (subfamily Syllinae) - but hard to say from the video.

Cheers, Alex

coffee_snob · 01/31/2015, 10:32 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by alexander_ktn

Don't bump in threads where you ask other people to work for you (looking up stuff).

Could be a worm in the genus Syllis (subfamily Syllinae) - but hard to say from the video.

Cheers, Alex

LOL... "ask other people to work for you"?

I thought that was the point of these forums; exchanging information.

My apologies for offending.

kirks · 01/31/2015, 01:27 PM

was wondering what these are.. there are 2 pics both with different things.. the one pics has what looks like a feather duster,but im new to this.. the other is a shelled critter.. thanks

alexander_ktn · 01/31/2015, 01:34 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by kirks

was wondering what these are.. there are 2 pics both with different things.. the one pics has what looks like a feather duster,but im new to this.. the other is a shelled critter.. thanks

The first pic indeed shows feather duster worms and the second limpets.

Cheers, Alex

kirks · 01/31/2015, 01:41 PM

Thank you Alex.. really appreciate it

JR8999 · 02/01/2015, 12:01 PM

Hey guys. I just noticed this growing from live rock. Seems to be the only one in the DT? Any ideas? Safe? Harmful?

cloak · 02/01/2015, 12:03 PM

Neomeris?

TheDouda · 02/01/2015, 12:13 PM

Cant get a good pick because these things are really tiny and look like white specs. But Ive been reading on here all day and cant find them got new live rock yesterday and now on my glass are these really tiny milky white ovals and getting really close to them i can see a yellow oval inside them theirs about thirty of them all over any ideas? there pretty hard to get off the glass too

cloak · 02/01/2015, 12:22 PM

Spirorbid worms?

TheDouda · 02/01/2015, 12:29 PM

i dont think so it looks more like egg sacks but i dont know for what

TheDouda · 02/01/2015, 12:30 PM

ill try to get a pic ton

cloak · 02/01/2015, 12:45 PM

Nerite or Columbellid snail eggs?

TheDouda · 02/01/2015, 12:57 PM

awesome ty that's what they are nerite snail babies idk how i didn't see this in here i guess there is just so much to go thru lol man ive been stressing this all day lol

Dustin Thompson · 02/01/2015, 04:21 PM

Any guesses? Love this place. Found it under one of my rocks as I was getting all my fish out to quarantine for ich. Was partially opened and had its foot out for a bit. It is the shell under the nassarius and to the right of the mushroom.

cloak · 02/01/2015, 04:33 PM

Some sort of bivalve.

http://www.reefkeeping.com/issues/2005-04/rs/

Dustin Thompson · 02/01/2015, 06:53 PM

Thanks cloak-good info. I also found another critter which I believe is a bivalve that has funky points or serrations on its shell. My wife snapped pics of it-will post soon.

OliverS · 02/03/2015, 03:15 PM

Please please can someone offer me a ID on these little things fast... Appeared on a mushroom coral frag I bought a couple of days ago.

Mushroom is about an inch by inch and a half. Little things on it seems to be around 3mm. Moving slowly. Brown ish with a white vertical stripe and other white bits too.

cloak · 02/03/2015, 03:18 PM

Flatworms perhaps? It's kind of hard to tell from those pictures.

http://www.lionfishlair.com/hitchhiker/hitchhiker.shtml

01/30/2015, 09:22 PM	#4481
coffee_snob Registered Member Join Date: Dec 2014 Location: Grand Rapids, MI Posts: 296	Im still am not sure what this guy is. Here is a better video. It's a long "hairy" worm. You can see it laying horizontally on rock inside cave. __________________ Webcam: http://myreeftank.weebly.com/

01/31/2015, 10:00 AM	#4482
coffee_snob Registered Member Join Date: Dec 2014 Location: Grand Rapids, MI Posts: 296	Bump __________________ Webcam: http://myreeftank.weebly.com/

02/01/2015, 12:01 PM	#4488
JR8999 Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2014 Location: Boston, MA Posts: 345	Hey guys. I just noticed this growing from live rock. Seems to be the only one in the DT? Any ideas? Safe? Harmful? __________________ 56g Column DT, 11g Aqueon sump with/socks, Lifereef overflow, Aqumaxx HOB-1 Skimmer, 2 Jaebo heaters, DT: 2 OC Clowns and 1 Royal Gramma along with various corals grown from frags. Current Tank Info: 56g Column

02/01/2015, 12:13 PM	#4490
TheDouda Registered Member Join Date: Dec 2014 Location: Surfside beach SC Posts: 63	hmmmmmmmmmmm Cant get a good pick because these things are really tiny and look like white specs. But Ive been reading on here all day and cant find them got new live rock yesterday and now on my glass are these really tiny milky white ovals and getting really close to them i can see a yellow oval inside them theirs about thirty of them all over any ideas? there pretty hard to get off the glass too

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01/28/2015, 10:41 PM	#4476
Socalreef60 Registered Member Join Date: Dec 2014 Location: Rancho Santa margarita, california Posts: 94	I've seen this before in the past as well. Found a clam nearby through a porous channel in the rock, so may have been an expulsion from one of the clams vents ( insert proper terminology for water vent here ). May have even been a oyster as it was dark grey

01/29/2015, 01:37 PM	#4477
Puffyluv Registered Member Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Raleigh, NC Posts: 419	Whoops, sorry!

01/30/2015, 08:31 AM	#4479
Puffyluv Registered Member Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Raleigh, NC Posts: 419	Looks like a fromia indica to me...they come in a variety of patterns. BTW, this is a hitchiker forum...think there might be another one for non hitchikers? Not sure?

01/30/2015, 08:58 PM	#4480
sbaldewicz Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2015 Posts: 2	What is this? We purchased an established tank, and these keep popping up on different live rock. This is our 4th or 5th so far.

01/31/2015, 01:41 PM	#4487
kirks Registered Member Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: ohio Posts: 8	Thank you Alex.. really appreciate it

02/01/2015, 12:03 PM	#4489
cloak Moved On Join Date: Jul 2000 Location: Stockton, CA Posts: 14,854	Neomeris?

02/01/2015, 12:22 PM	#4491
cloak Moved On Join Date: Jul 2000 Location: Stockton, CA Posts: 14,854	Spirorbid worms?

02/01/2015, 12:29 PM	#4492
TheDouda Registered Member Join Date: Dec 2014 Location: Surfside beach SC Posts: 63	i dont think so it looks more like egg sacks but i dont know for what

02/01/2015, 12:30 PM	#4493
TheDouda Registered Member Join Date: Dec 2014 Location: Surfside beach SC Posts: 63	ill try to get a pic ton

02/01/2015, 12:45 PM	#4494
cloak Moved On Join Date: Jul 2000 Location: Stockton, CA Posts: 14,854	Nerite or Columbellid snail eggs?

02/01/2015, 12:57 PM	#4495
TheDouda Registered Member Join Date: Dec 2014 Location: Surfside beach SC Posts: 63	awesome ty that's what they are nerite snail babies idk how i didn't see this in here i guess there is just so much to go thru lol man ive been stressing this all day lol

02/01/2015, 04:33 PM	#4497
cloak Moved On Join Date: Jul 2000 Location: Stockton, CA Posts: 14,854	Some sort of bivalve. http://www.reefkeeping.com/issues/2005-04/rs/

02/01/2015, 06:53 PM	#4498
Dustin Thompson Registered Member Join Date: May 2014 Posts: 32	Thanks cloak-good info. I also found another critter which I believe is a bivalve that has funky points or serrations on its shell. My wife snapped pics of it-will post soon.

02/03/2015, 03:18 PM	#4500
cloak Moved On Join Date: Jul 2000 Location: Stockton, CA Posts: 14,854	Flatworms perhaps? It's kind of hard to tell from those pictures. http://www.lionfishlair.com/hitchhiker/hitchhiker.shtml