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

[Joshporksandwic]

Hi, Does anyone know whats the name of this nudi and if its reef safe? Its like 2", it came in a rock of zoas and it swims with its tail. Its very nice.

[SushiGirl]

Peanut worm, good guy.

[E30]

Originally Posted by SushiGirl

Peanut worm, good guy.

Thanks

[Pool_shark]

I spotted this little guy sitting among my zoas that had closed up (pic1) I assume that it's a nudibranch and removed him for further investigation/flushing... see pic 2. It's about 1/4" long. Requesting confirmation that it's a nudibranch, and that he should probably be removed if I value my zoas.
Thanks!

[cloak]

Yep, zoa-eating nudibranch.

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

[AZBigJohn]

I know I've seen this on these pages before, but looking through 20+ pages, I can;t find it. Found this little guy walking the glass of my aquarium. About 1/4" long with a forked-looking "tail" (or maybe head?).

Sorry the picture is a little blurry...

[cloak]

Flatworm. Some of which are ok in a reef tank, others are not. The fact alone that the population can reach plague like proportions is reason enough for me to get rid of them on sight.

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

[SushiGirl]

It looks white, which means it's fine. Acoel flatworm.

[Sugar Magnolia]

Originally Posted by SushiGirl

It looks white, which means it's fine. Acoel flatworm.

Unless you happen to be a copepod.

[Sugar Magnolia]

Originally Posted by Joshporksandwic

Hi, Does anyone know whats the name of this nudi and if its reef safe? Its like 2", it came in a rock of zoas and it swims with its tail. Its very nice.

I'm not ignoring this. I just have no idea what kind of nudi this is. Try posting in the "Other Invertebrates" forum.

[SushiGirl]

Originally Posted by Sugar Magnolia

I'm not ignoring this. I just have no idea what kind of nudi this is. Try posting in the "Other Invertebrates" forum.

Ditto on the nudi. There are so many out there.

[worm5406]

Originally Posted by AZBigJohn

I know I've seen this on these pages before, but looking through 20+ pages, I can;t find it. Found this little guy walking the glass of my aquarium. About 1/4" long with a forked-looking "tail" (or maybe head?).

Sorry the picture is a little blurry...

Just like this one??



Flatworm

[AZBigJohn]

Originally Posted by worm5406

Just like this one??



Flatworm

Yep, that's the guy...

[Azasb]

Originally Posted by Sugar Magnolia

The hermits will be fine.

New to the hobby, so thanks for the reassurance.

[Dustin1300]

ID? Found this swirling around on bottom and glued down to a frag plug...Sabae nem inside shell?

[nanoreef heaven]

Ha-ha that looks neat

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[Huly]

Hi

I was playing around with taking photos of the aquarium and thought I would post some of the photos for a few reasons.

1 Can you help ID some of these and tell us if they are good or bad and
2 any additional tips on my photo skills to get better quality photos of the tank.

Thanks Pez and I are trying to do this right and we need a little hand holding and help.

Is this Brown Algae


Color did not come through right but it is Lime green



No clue


Red spots everywhere


White/Gray Sponge looking thing



Button Polyp?


Full tank

[nanoreef heaven]

Just looks like algae mostly. It's all natural in the cycle. But nice scaping I love it. Gonna look nice!

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[dsdaley77]

Ok so since we're talking about nudi's, I have this pic from a while back that was showing LFS's in my area and no one knew what it was. Lille guy lives in my 20g sump in sequesterment (sp) do he can't hurt anything but it's so pretty I'd like to move it to my dt if safe.

[nanoreef heaven]

Originally Posted by dsdaley77

Ok so since we're talking about nudi's, I have this pic from a while back that was showing LFS's in my area and no one knew what it was. Lille guy lives in my 20g sump in sequesterment (sp) do he can't hurt anything but it's so pretty I'd like to move it to my dt if safe.

closest thing I could find. http://www.seaslugforum.net/showall/chrolekk

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[dsdaley77]

Yeah never found even close in the past. Been trying to find critters common to Australia and the Carribean as that's where my rock and sand are from. No luck yet

[SushiGirl]

Seaslugforum is great, but it takes a lot of time to go throug.

Huly, the red things are foraminiferans & are fine. If something looks like a sponge, it usually is LOL. The "no clue" one I'd need to know if it's soft or hard plus a better more detailed pic. On my phone, so not sure with the rest. As for pics, use the flash (external is best if you have a non-point & shoot camera), shoot straight on to the glass & close to the glass, and play with the white balance either on the camera or in a photo editing program if it still looks blue with the flash. Blue pics make ID really hard because you don't get true color. There is a photography forum here that you can read through/post in.

[dsdaley77]

Well after going link by link thru that website, I stopped when I think I found it, could still be the Lekkar but this one looks close too

[nanoreef heaven]

Originally Posted by dsdaley77

Well after going link by link thru that website, I stopped when I think I found it, could still be the Lekkar but this one looks close too

:thumbup: I'm still trying to get better at id'ing like sushigirl. Lol. But wow you found it it seems.

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[dsdaley77]

Never knew about that slug site, and it did take me a minute to go back and forth thru the pages I did look at, but I am glad it was posted, funny thing was, right before I found it I was gonna skip ahead a few letters and would have totally missed it