Pix & ID: Critters that come in your rocks: the good and the bad. - Page 188

StangLvr78 · 04/03/2015, 08:44 AM

Can anyone tell me if this is some kind of parasite and if it is how do I kill it

alexander_ktn · 04/03/2015, 11:07 AM

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Can anyone tell me if this is some kind of parasite and if it is how do I kill it

looks like a harmless limpet from below.

alexander_ktn · 04/03/2015, 11:12 AM

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Originally Posted by mcavoy

added live rock yesterday and would like help id
first pix the little brown thing it has about five polyps?
2 center right its hard to see but it has puffy brown tentacles
3 scallop maybe it has red fleshy thing protruding
4 the green thing ill call it a tree
5 coral ? it looks damaged might it survive

1) Some LPS - hard to say which, though. I would guess a Faviid.
2) Either a pest anemone or a small piece of brown algae (think kelp)
3) A bivalve or the siphons of an ascidian, can't id further.
4) A Halimeda species (a calcerous green algae species)
5) An LPS - looks like Trachyphyllia or similar - can definitely survive and worth caring for.

alexander_ktn · 04/03/2015, 11:14 AM

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6 brown and whit feather duster?
7 idk creepy in the rock
8 looked like a rock for a couple of hours now reddish orange with a silky string like excretion

6) Yes
7) Pest anemone (Aiptasia)
8) A sponge or a large ascidian, hard to say, though - might be something else.

alexander_ktn · 04/03/2015, 11:20 AM

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The thing with the orange on it and what kind of hermit crabs are these?

I'd think a Pagurus species but am no expert on hermit crabs...

Second could be a tunicate colony or something completely different...

mcavoy · 04/03/2015, 12:56 PM

thank you alexander

StangLvr78 · 04/03/2015, 05:06 PM

Thank you very much for you id's

ChuckM85 · 04/04/2015, 01:20 AM

Hello everyone
I am coming to you here because I am new to saltwater and have hitchhikers that of course came in on my LR. I know I have bristle worms I just don't know which species they are and whether or not they are the evil ones. I am hoping y'all could help me ID these guys. I really appreciate the help.

PsymonStark · 04/04/2015, 01:09 PM

Evening Reefers - I bought a zoa mix rock today from the LFS. I put it in my QT.

Please could you confirm my suspicion...

2x Aptasia?

___________
I'm not sure that kind this is...
Unknown snail

the underside - looks like it has a second shell???

cloak · 04/04/2015, 01:40 PM

Aiptasia & a Sundial snail.

http://www.coralpedia.com/index.php?...&g2_itemId=384

PsymonStark · 04/04/2015, 01:43 PM

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Aiptasia & a Sundial snail.

http://www.coralpedia.com/index.php?...&g2_itemId=384

both bad - wow. ok. I had hopes for the snails. Zoa predator! holy!

Ok - thank you very much

PsymonStark · 04/04/2015, 02:02 PM

i also have 3 of these clam looking crustaceans...

just caught an amphipod too

KGR · 04/04/2015, 03:25 PM

Hello friends

I had some things show up that I have not noticed except for the last pic, a source a while back told me something about it being jelly fish... Lol. It hasn't grown or moved in over a month so I'm not so scared.
Here's some pics.

i know that one was mostlikely a coral but never the less, a hitch hiker.
And this last one is the "jellyfish" it has like little wiskers at the end I guess you would say, they're really small tho, kinda like a lot of polyps

KGR · 04/04/2015, 03:26 PM

A zoomed in picture

PsymonStark · 04/04/2015, 03:37 PM

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Hello friends

...

i know that one was mostlikely a coral but never the less, a hitch hiker.
...

Looks like Xenia to me... (http://reefcorner.com/reef-database-...a/#prettyPhoto

ChuckM85 · 04/04/2015, 04:16 PM

Hello everyone I'm going to try and get the pics to post again. Lol
I am coming to you here because I am new to saltwater and have hitchhikers that of course came in on my LR. I know I have bristle worms I just don't know which species they are and whether or not they are the evil ones. I am hoping y'all could help me ID these guys. I really appreciate the help.

cloak · 04/04/2015, 04:20 PM

That's just a common bristle worm. No worries.

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

ChuckM85 · 04/04/2015, 04:28 PM

Thanks Cloak! What you think about this weird growth near my sponges. I can't seem to find anything on these purple/black orb thingys.

KGR · 04/04/2015, 05:04 PM

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Looks like Xenia to me... (http://reefcorner.com/reef-database-...a/#prettyPhoto

It has a neon green top though

cloak · 04/04/2015, 05:24 PM

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Originally Posted by ChuckM85

Thanks Cloak! What you think about this weird growth near my sponges. I can't seem to find anything on these purple/black orb thingys.

I'm not 100% sure, but that may be a sponge as well. These do come in a wide variety of colors, shapes & forms.

PsymonStark · 04/05/2015, 12:13 AM

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It has a neon green top though

My Xenia also have a brighter color, especially after I frag them, or they out the water and back in again. Wait a couple days, I'm sure it's colouration will change.

alexander_ktn · 04/05/2015, 01:43 AM

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Originally Posted by PsymonStark

i also have 3 of these clam looking crustaceans...

Some clams, bivalve mollusks, not crustaceans. I have quite a few clam hitchhikers that survived in my tanks and help to filter the water.

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Some anemone.

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Green star polyps or some antheliid similar to them.

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Anemones, too.

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A zoomed in picture

A hydrozoon that can strobulate jellies from its oral disk.

Tazz5jones · 04/05/2015, 06:14 AM

Hey guys, I'm sure someone will know what this green thing is? I'd guess it's some form of algae but I don't know if it's good or bad?
Hopefully the link works!

https://youtu.be/PTS1oehNkRg

cloak · 04/05/2015, 10:11 AM

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Originally Posted by KGR

This one looks like a bunch of Hydroids too IMO.

alexander_ktn · 04/05/2015, 10:17 AM

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Originally Posted by cloak

This one looks like a bunch of Hydroids too IMO.

True, I didn't see them right the first time because of the image quality. I took the hydozoans for the tentacles of an anemone...

04/04/2015, 01:09 PM	#4684
PsymonStark Registered Member Join Date: Aug 2014 Location: Europe Posts: 125	Evening Reefers - I bought a zoa mix rock today from the LFS. I put it in my QT. Please could you confirm my suspicion... 2x Aptasia? ___________ I'm not sure that kind this is... Unknown snail the underside - looks like it has a second shell??? Last edited by PsymonStark; 04/04/2015 at 01:16 PM.

04/05/2015, 06:14 AM	#4698
Tazz5jones Registered Member Join Date: Mar 2015 Location: Oxfordshire Posts: 2	Need an i.d. On this strange green thing Hey guys, I'm sure someone will know what this green thing is? I'd guess it's some form of algae but I don't know if it's good or bad? Hopefully the link works! https://youtu.be/PTS1oehNkRg

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04/03/2015, 08:44 AM	#4676
StangLvr78 Registered Member Join Date: Sep 2014 Location: Ocala, Florida Posts: 73	Can anyone tell me if this is some kind of parasite and if it is how do I kill it

04/03/2015, 12:56 PM	#4681
mcavoy Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2015 Location: murfreesboro tn Posts: 17	thank you alexander

04/03/2015, 05:06 PM	#4682
StangLvr78 Registered Member Join Date: Sep 2014 Location: Ocala, Florida Posts: 73	Thank you very much for you id's

04/04/2015, 01:20 AM	#4683
ChuckM85 Registered Member Join Date: Apr 2015 Posts: 4	Hello everyone I am coming to you here because I am new to saltwater and have hitchhikers that of course came in on my LR. I know I have bristle worms I just don't know which species they are and whether or not they are the evil ones. I am hoping y'all could help me ID these guys. I really appreciate the help.

04/04/2015, 01:40 PM	#4685
cloak Moved On Join Date: Jul 2000 Location: Stockton, CA Posts: 14,854	Aiptasia & a Sundial snail. http://www.coralpedia.com/index.php?...&g2_itemId=384

04/04/2015, 02:02 PM	#4687
PsymonStark Registered Member Join Date: Aug 2014 Location: Europe Posts: 125	i also have 3 of these clam looking crustaceans... just caught an amphipod too

04/04/2015, 03:25 PM	#4688
KGR Registered Member Join Date: Mar 2015 Posts: 9	Hello friends I had some things show up that I have not noticed except for the last pic, a source a while back told me something about it being jelly fish... Lol. It hasn't grown or moved in over a month so I'm not so scared. Here's some pics. i know that one was mostlikely a coral but never the less, a hitch hiker. And this last one is the "jellyfish" it has like little wiskers at the end I guess you would say, they're really small tho, kinda like a lot of polyps

04/04/2015, 03:26 PM	#4689
KGR Registered Member Join Date: Mar 2015 Posts: 9	A zoomed in picture

04/04/2015, 04:20 PM	#4692
cloak Moved On Join Date: Jul 2000 Location: Stockton, CA Posts: 14,854	That's just a common bristle worm. No worries. http://www.lionfishlair.com/hitchhiker/hitchhiker.shtml