Pix & ID: Critters that come in your rocks: the good and the bad. - Page 190

SaltwaterTeabag · 04/10/2015, 08:11 AM

center of picture.....is this a Asterina?

Saw one then a few days later about 6.

cloak · 04/10/2015, 10:13 AM

Yes.

SaltwaterTeabag · 04/10/2015, 10:37 AM

Thanks Cloak.....They are to keep with caution correct?

cloak · 04/10/2015, 11:18 AM

That's correct.

LAMBrose1994 · 04/10/2015, 01:47 PM

What is this thing? I was shining my touch in the tank and i saw couple of these things poking out the rocks looks like worms and they disappear back in the rock when the light is on

Thanks! :-)

alexander_ktn · 04/10/2015, 01:51 PM

Most likely peanut worms.

StangLvr78 · 04/11/2015, 11:16 AM

Can anyone identify the green in my sand?

cloak · 04/11/2015, 01:29 PM

Cyanobacteria most likely. This doesn't always have to be that maroon/burgundy color were all used to.

StangLvr78 · 04/11/2015, 07:46 PM

That's what I thought. I just wanted to make sure. thank you.

Captain384 · 04/12/2015, 07:44 PM

I have a hitchhiker on my live rock. It looks like a barnacle but has long tentacles that come out, It looks like a mop when they're extended.

alexander_ktn · 04/13/2015, 02:47 AM

A tubeworm/fanworm? Hard to say without picture.

killinit123 · 04/13/2015, 08:46 AM

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Originally Posted by cloak

I'm not really sure if the Turbo snail in the link below is what were all thinking of, but here's a cool little video regarding reproduction.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xsCk4gJDjtw

this is exactly what my turbos have done in the past

Captain384 · 04/14/2015, 01:42 PM

Captain384 · 04/14/2015, 01:44 PM

Here they are closed.

Martini5788 · 04/14/2015, 06:44 PM

I have white dots on the back wall of my tank and on my power heads. Can't get a shot of the back wall but I will try with the power heads but probably won't be great quality. Any ideas?

cloak · 04/14/2015, 06:48 PM

Do they move around or are they stationary? If they're moving around then they're probably just pods of some sort. If not, Spirorbid worms most likely..

murdock84 · 04/14/2015, 06:50 PM

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Originally Posted by cloak

If not, Spirorbid worms most likely..

Are these worms good or bad. I think I have them. Thanks

cloak · 04/14/2015, 07:03 PM

They're just harmless filter feeders. No worries.

homer1475 · 04/15/2015, 08:32 AM

So I have an explosion of this on all my rocks. Not sure what it is?

Martini5788 · 04/15/2015, 09:13 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by cloak

Do they move around or are they stationary? If they're moving around then they're probably just pods of some sort. If not, Spirorbid worms most likely..

No they don't move around. They are hard as well and not easy to scrape off. And very much ruining my back glass astheically

Bakerman · 04/15/2015, 02:58 PM

Ok, so I'm VERY new to the saltwater world. Just getting my sump/fuge up and running, adding the tank as soon as we get the new carpet laid down.

Anyhow. Got some hitchhikers on the live rock. I'm about 99% sure I know what the first two pics are. Buuuut...I'm hoping somebody will tell me I'm wrong and no need to worry

3rd pic. Can't quite ID this little guy. Looks cute, but could be deadly given my luck.

Last pic, NO clue. Some sort of mushroom?

The live rock is from an OOOOOLD LFS store with a beyond-well-established system. LOTS of critters. Tons of pods, bristleworms, you name it. Almost all great great stuff. The fuge never really cycled. about 40 gallons, 12lbs of live rock and 60lbs of "live" sand in a bag. Never saw a single detectable level of anything!

Thanks!

homer1475 · 04/15/2015, 03:03 PM

Third pic looks like a tubeworm or feather duster to me.

I'm guessing the others are aptasia. Although being new myself, I could quite possibly be wrong.

Not sure on the last pic.

Bakerman · 04/15/2015, 03:10 PM

I was afraid it was aptasia. Crap. 3rd is definitely NOT feather duster worms. I have LOTS of those. This guy is several times larger. Very coral looking.

Captain384 · 04/16/2015, 07:20 AM

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Originally Posted by Captain384

Quote:

Originally Posted by Captain384

Here they are closed.

Captain384 · 04/16/2015, 07:21 AM

I still don't know what these are.

04/11/2015, 11:16 AM	#4732
StangLvr78 Registered Member Join Date: Sep 2014 Location: Ocala, Florida Posts: 73	going green Can anyone identify the green in my sand?

04/15/2015, 03:03 PM	#4747
homer1475 Registered Member Join Date: Mar 2015 Location: Upstate NY Posts: 5,313	Third pic looks like a tubeworm or feather duster to me. I'm guessing the others are aptasia. Although being new myself, I could quite possibly be wrong. Not sure on the last pic. __________________ 80G SCA Build: http://reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?t=2560256 Originally posted by der_wille_zur_macht: "He's just taking his lunch to work"

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04/10/2015, 10:13 AM	#4727
cloak Moved On Join Date: Jul 2000 Location: Stockton, CA Posts: 14,854	Yes.

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SaltwaterTeabag Registered Member Join Date: Mar 2015 Location: Baton Rouge LA Posts: 60	Thanks Cloak.....They are to keep with caution correct?

04/10/2015, 11:18 AM	#4729
cloak Moved On Join Date: Jul 2000 Location: Stockton, CA Posts: 14,854	That's correct.

04/10/2015, 01:47 PM	#4730
LAMBrose1994 Registered Member Join Date: Sep 2014 Location: London, United Kingdom Posts: 47	What is this thing? I was shining my touch in the tank and i saw couple of these things poking out the rocks looks like worms and they disappear back in the rock when the light is on Thanks! :-)

04/10/2015, 01:51 PM	#4731
alexander_ktn Registered Member Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Austria Posts: 851	Most likely peanut worms.

04/11/2015, 01:29 PM	#4733
cloak Moved On Join Date: Jul 2000 Location: Stockton, CA Posts: 14,854	Cyanobacteria most likely. This doesn't always have to be that maroon/burgundy color were all used to.

04/11/2015, 07:46 PM	#4734
StangLvr78 Registered Member Join Date: Sep 2014 Location: Ocala, Florida Posts: 73	That's what I thought. I just wanted to make sure. thank you.

04/12/2015, 07:44 PM	#4735
Captain384 Registered Member Join Date: Apr 2015 Posts: 10	I have a hitchhiker on my live rock. It looks like a barnacle but has long tentacles that come out, It looks like a mop when they're extended.

04/13/2015, 02:47 AM	#4736
alexander_ktn Registered Member Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Austria Posts: 851	A tubeworm/fanworm? Hard to say without picture.

04/14/2015, 01:42 PM	#4738
Captain384 Registered Member Join Date: Apr 2015 Posts: 10

04/14/2015, 01:44 PM	#4739
Captain384 Registered Member Join Date: Apr 2015 Posts: 10	Here they are closed.

04/14/2015, 06:44 PM	#4740
Martini5788 Registered Member Join Date: Dec 2014 Location: Beaufort, SC Posts: 2,303	I have white dots on the back wall of my tank and on my power heads. Can't get a shot of the back wall but I will try with the power heads but probably won't be great quality. Any ideas?

04/14/2015, 06:48 PM	#4741
cloak Moved On Join Date: Jul 2000 Location: Stockton, CA Posts: 14,854	Do they move around or are they stationary? If they're moving around then they're probably just pods of some sort. If not, Spirorbid worms most likely..

04/14/2015, 07:03 PM	#4743
cloak Moved On Join Date: Jul 2000 Location: Stockton, CA Posts: 14,854	They're just harmless filter feeders. No worries.

04/15/2015, 08:32 AM	#4744
homer1475 Registered Member Join Date: Mar 2015 Location: Upstate NY Posts: 5,313	So I have an explosion of this on all my rocks. Not sure what it is?

04/15/2015, 03:10 PM	#4748
Bakerman Registered Member Join Date: Dec 2014 Posts: 55	I was afraid it was aptasia. Crap. 3rd is definitely NOT feather duster worms. I have LOTS of those. This guy is several times larger. Very coral looking.

04/16/2015, 07:21 AM	#4750
Captain384 Registered Member Join Date: Apr 2015 Posts: 10	I still don't know what these are.