Pix & ID: Critters that come in your rocks: the good and the bad. - Page 232

Ron Reefman · 03/21/2017, 06:21 AM

Very cool! Tunicates are very hard to keep in tank. I just picked up a decorator crab that has a white & orange hard tunicate on it's back. I wonder how long it will survive and what the crab will use if the tunicate dies and goes away?

GXPKY · 03/22/2017, 01:01 AM

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Originally Posted by Ron Reefman

Very cool! Tunicates are very hard to keep in tank. I just picked up a decorator crab that has a white & orange hard tunicate on it's back. I wonder how long it will survive and what the crab will use if the tunicate dies and goes away?

Mine are growing really fast considering everything I've always read and experienced showing how low their survivability is in the aquarium.

-Dennis

tmac2102 · 03/25/2017, 08:06 PM

Looks like aptaisa right?

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GXPKY · 03/26/2017, 06:23 AM

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Originally Posted by tmac2102

Looks like aptaisa right?

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Yep

-Dennis

Jessie2406 · 03/26/2017, 06:37 AM

Any one know if these are ok couldn't tell the difference between regular snails and whelk, the first one is my concern

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Sugar Magnolia · 03/26/2017, 08:18 AM

Take the top one out and put it in a clear container to get a few pics and post them here. The bottom one is a harmless cerith.

LeJeune981 · 03/26/2017, 12:20 PM

I can't get a picture cuz I lost the lil bugger... So maybe a good description will give you guys an idea... I think it may be an Aptaisia.. But I all my Google searching I found nothing like it.. It has bluish tentical with some white stripes.. The tenticals came out of a year drop shaped pouch that was whitish clear.. With a few organ things Inside.. When I poked it with my alge scraper stick.. It reluctantly and slowly retracted itself.. Just to come right back out.. When I captured it with my net.. It turned into a lil white ball.. So I made a lil trap to hold it.. Hoping it would open back up for a nice lil photo shoot... Welp.. Trap failed and he is somewhere among my 200 lbs of rock lol... I did get one horribly blurry picture before I lost him..
Im hoping it's some kind of worm.. Because before I found him free floating.. He lived in a hole in a rock with just his tenticals showing...
I know a picture would be best.. But any ideas are greatly appreciated.. I searched this thead as well... And it looked nothing like the Aptaisia or manajo pictures I've seen

scline · 03/27/2017, 08:37 PM

Just noticed this little guy (sorry best picture I can get of this thing)

I *think* its a Flabellina iodinea (at least the pictures look somewhat like it). What do you think it is, and better question is it reef safe

It moves like a slug/snail, will try and get some better pictures if it comes closer/

dbone876 · 03/29/2017, 05:37 PM

Does anyone know what this is? LFS said it was aptasia but i havent seen any with green body/foot while googling. One employee told me to run cupramine which is a copper treatment i believe. That made the anemone? Close up, but doesnt seem to have killed it.

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Ron Reefman · 03/29/2017, 06:47 PM

It doesn't look like an aiptasia I've ever seen... and I've seen a lot of aiptasia! Don't ask.

Maybe a majano anemone, or some kind of zoa?

dbone876 · 03/30/2017, 06:22 AM

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Originally Posted by Ron Reefman

It doesn't look like an aiptasia I've ever seen... and I've seen a lot of aiptasia! Don't ask.

Maybe a majano anemone, or some kind of zoa?

Ok thanks ron. This is the second one ive noticed now, took the first rock out and removed it after the copper treatment, but this one is in a tough spot, considering leaving it .

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860aquarium · 03/30/2017, 10:24 AM

Anybody know what this is? Good or bad?thanks!

Ron Reefman · 03/30/2017, 01:28 PM

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Originally Posted by dbone876

Ok thanks ron. This is the second one ive noticed now, took the first rock out and removed it after the copper treatment, but this one is in a tough spot, considering leaving it .

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If it's a majano, it's almost as bad as an aiptasia. I'd probably let it grow until you can get a good look and confirm one way or the other. But if it's a majano, you want to get rid of it as well. Can you get a view of it face on?

Ron Reefman · 03/30/2017, 01:30 PM

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Originally Posted by 860aquarium

Anybody know what this is? Good or bad?thanks!

Maybe this site can help?
http://entnemdept.ufl.edu/creatures/misc/amphipods.htm

dbone876 · 03/30/2017, 03:19 PM

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Originally Posted by Ron Reefman

If it's a majano, it's almost as bad as an aiptasia. I'd probably let it grow until you can get a good look and confirm one way or the other. But if it's a majano, you want to get rid of it as well. Can you get a view of it face on?

I cant get a good view of it head on its all closed up now. I will keep an eye on it and post up some more pics if it is in fact still alive

This was the best pic i have of the first specimen.

Heres my first addition to the tank happy little snowflakes.

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Murdock5150 · 03/30/2017, 04:19 PM

Found this in my tank.

Ron Reefman · 03/31/2017, 05:22 AM

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Originally Posted by Murdock5150

Found this in my tank.

I don't think that tank is big enough for that. Oh sure it fits in OK now and looks happy enough. But as it grows it will just become more and more of a problem!

Kimmimcgilli · 03/31/2017, 11:46 AM

Hi
I'm new to this so I hope I'm posting in the right forum.
Could anyone help ID this little hitchhiker please?
He's very shy, so getting a good picture is difficult, but does appear to be getting bigger. He's been in the tank a few weeks and hasn't eaten any other livestock or corals...................yet! It is hard to see from the picture but he does look to have dark tips on his pincers.
Any help would be greatly appreciated

Murdock5150 · 03/31/2017, 12:36 PM

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Originally Posted by Ron Reefman

I don't think that tank is big enough for that. Oh sure it fits in OK now and looks happy enough. But as it grows it will just become more and more of a problem!

Yeah, its already quite the handful. Might just have to throw it back!

AnnaCassandra · 04/02/2017, 09:38 PM

Anyone know what this might be?

Ron Reefman · 04/03/2017, 05:04 AM

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Anyone know what this might be?

I'm not real sure but I think it's a Ball anemone? To some they are bad and to others they are harmless. I'd let it grow if it were in my tank.

AnnaCassandra · 04/03/2017, 08:46 AM

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Originally Posted by Ron Reefman

I'm not real sure but I think it's a Ball anemone? To some they are bad and to others they are harmless. I'd let it grow if it were in my tank.

I think you're right, we had this tank up and running for a year and a half and I never saw this thing until I was taking all of the rock out to put in the new tank, this part of the rock was actually under the sand, I thought it was some sort of egg sack at first but sometimes it expands out of its hole. Now after googling ball anemone that's exactly what it is.

VGT · 04/03/2017, 07:15 PM

any ideas?

Ron Reefman · 04/04/2017, 01:36 AM

Pineapple sponge, common in new start up tanks, they are good filter feeders but usually go away after a small population bloom. I wouldn't worry about it at all.

CritterK4re · 04/05/2017, 06:57 PM

Can someone help me I.d. this thing? Is it a bristle worm and can it hurt my BTA?

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03/21/2017, 06:21 AM	#5776
Ron Reefman Registered Member Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Cape Coral, FL Posts: 10,431	Very cool! Tunicates are very hard to keep in tank. I just picked up a decorator crab that has a white & orange hard tunicate on it's back. I wonder how long it will survive and what the crab will use if the tunicate dies and goes away? __________________ The good thing about science is that it's true whether or not you believe in it. (Neil deGrasse Tyson) Visit my build thread http://www.reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?t=2593017

03/26/2017, 06:37 AM	#5780
Jessie2406 Registered Member Join Date: Jun 2013 Posts: 103	Any one know if these are ok couldn't tell the difference between regular snails and whelk, the first one is my concern Sent from my SPH-L720 using Tapatalk Last edited by Jessie2406; 03/26/2017 at 06:40 AM. Reason: Need to add pictures

03/26/2017, 08:18 AM	#5781
Sugar Magnolia Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Northern VA Posts: 17,691	Take the top one out and put it in a clear container to get a few pics and post them here. The bottom one is a harmless cerith. __________________ Adrienne The only thing to fear is fear itself....and spiders.

03/29/2017, 06:47 PM	#5785
Ron Reefman Registered Member Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Cape Coral, FL Posts: 10,431	It doesn't look like an aiptasia I've ever seen... and I've seen a lot of aiptasia! Don't ask. Maybe a majano anemone, or some kind of zoa? __________________ The good thing about science is that it's true whether or not you believe in it. (Neil deGrasse Tyson) Visit my build thread http://www.reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?t=2593017

04/03/2017, 07:15 PM	#5798
VGT Registered Member Join Date: Jul 2011 Location: New Jersey Posts: 283	any ideas? Last edited by VGT; 04/03/2017 at 07:20 PM.

03/25/2017, 08:06 PM	#5778
tmac2102 Registered Member Join Date: Sep 2012 Posts: 9	Looks like aptaisa right? Sent from my SM-G870W using Tapatalk

03/27/2017, 08:37 PM	#5783
scline Registered Member Join Date: Dec 2016 Posts: 9	Just noticed this little guy (sorry best picture I can get of this thing) I think its a Flabellina iodinea (at least the pictures look somewhat like it). What do you think it is, and better question is it reef safe It moves like a slug/snail, will try and get some better pictures if it comes closer/

03/29/2017, 05:37 PM	#5784
dbone876 Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2017 Posts: 8	Does anyone know what this is? LFS said it was aptasia but i havent seen any with green body/foot while googling. One employee told me to run cupramine which is a copper treatment i believe. That made the anemone? Close up, but doesnt seem to have killed it. Sent from my SM-G935V using Tapatalk

03/31/2017, 11:46 AM	#5793
Kimmimcgilli Registered Member Join Date: Mar 2017 Posts: 9	Hi I'm new to this so I hope I'm posting in the right forum. Could anyone help ID this little hitchhiker please? He's very shy, so getting a good picture is difficult, but does appear to be getting bigger. He's been in the tank a few weeks and hasn't eaten any other livestock or corals...................yet! It is hard to see from the picture but he does look to have dark tips on his pincers. Any help would be greatly appreciated

04/04/2017, 01:36 AM	#5799
Ron Reefman Registered Member Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Cape Coral, FL Posts: 10,431	Pineapple sponge, common in new start up tanks, they are good filter feeders but usually go away after a small population bloom. I wouldn't worry about it at all. __________________ The good thing about science is that it's true whether or not you believe in it. (Neil deGrasse Tyson) Visit my build thread http://www.reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?t=2593017

04/05/2017, 06:57 PM	#5800
CritterK4re Registered Member Join Date: Mar 2017 Posts: 5	Can someone help me I.d. this thing? Is it a bristle worm and can it hurt my BTA? Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk

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