Pix & ID: Critters that come in your rocks: the good and the bad. - Page 82

Paul B · 04/20/2013, 12:04 PM

These guys couldn't afford the other two arms.

Paul B · 04/20/2013, 12:06 PM

I got hundreds of these tiny carnivorous snails using clam meat as bait

SushiGirl · 04/20/2013, 12:41 PM

Are those olive snails, Paul?

You need to tell those mini brittles that they have the right to bear arms

.

When my mom was staying with me after my last surgery, she noticed one of my white mcro brittles that only had 3 legs. Boy, I've never seen them get such long arms when I had them before, but I have a lot in the 20L that are trying really hard to get as long of arms as the black & white mini brittles in the 55!

Paul B · 04/20/2013, 12:46 PM

No, I think they are marginal snails but I am not a snail expert, I got millions of them. Brittle stars also, one leg, two legs, three legs etc.

mchammer · 04/20/2013, 03:10 PM

Could some one ID this thing. I have several on my rocks and my candy cane coral. this one is on my snail. Are they good or bad.
Red Thing on Snail.jpg

alexander_ktn · 04/20/2013, 03:12 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by mchammer

Could some one ID this thing. I have several on my rocks and my candy cane coral. this one is on my snail. Are they good or bad.
Attachment 228510

It's a vermetid snail - a filter feeder that catches stuff with a slime "net".
They don't hurt anything but sometimes the nets annoy corals...

mchammer · 04/20/2013, 03:17 PM

Thank you for the fast reply alexander. That would explain the white cotton looking stuff on my candy cane coral.

AGreyCrane · 04/20/2013, 04:58 PM

Just wanted to confirm... bristleworm?

Thanks!

alexander_ktn · 04/20/2013, 05:35 PM

Yes, the normal kind of bristle worm.

NicL · 04/20/2013, 08:54 PM

Hello all. Im pretty new to the hobby and the forum. Ive been through almost the entire thread and others as well trying to id a worm i have in my recently cycled tank. He is very very small and impossible to photo. I can only see him with a magnifying glass and most interestingly is he is black with blue bands ( or blue with black bands) and is very shy. I have never seen more than a 1/4 inch at the most and he seems to shrink into himself and he seems to be eating stuff from off the rock he's living in. I know a pic would help but. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks

tatuaje09 · 04/20/2013, 09:02 PM

Good or bad?

SushiGirl · 04/20/2013, 09:11 PM

NiCL, the action sounds like a peanut worm.
Tatuaje, could be bryopsis, but I have no experience with it so maybe someone who does will chime in.

NicL · 04/20/2013, 09:27 PM

From everything Ive read thats what i thought too but couldn't find anything about one that was blk and blue. Thanks

tatuaje09 · 04/20/2013, 11:37 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by SushiGirl

NiCL, the action sounds like a peanut worm.
Tatuaje, could be bryopsis, but I have no experience with it so maybe someone who does will chime in.

That's what I was afraid of. Oh well, its just the one small patch.

ReeferKimberly · 04/20/2013, 11:52 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by tatuaje09

Oh well, its just the one small patch.

FAMOUS LAST WORDS OF MANY.

Get rid of it now. Trust me. This is why...and I had less than you....

Take the rock it is on out of the tank and kill the algae with peroxide and get every single strand. Mine started with 1 strand on a frag I thought was 'pretty'. Do not try to remove it while it is in the tank or it will spread. See above^. If it ever does get as bad as mine did or even worse, do not fret. I have been bryopsis free for a long time now. There are a few solutions.

tatuaje09 · 04/20/2013, 11:55 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ReeferKimberly

FAMOUS LAST WORDS OF MANY.

Get rid of it now. Trust me. This is why...and I had less than you...

Take the rock it is on out of the tank and kill the algae with peroxide and get every single strand. Mine started with 1 strand on a frag I thought was 'pretty'. Do not try to remove it while it is in the tank or it will spread. See above^. If it ever does get as bad as mine did or even worse, do not fret. I have been bryopsis free for a long time now. There are a few solutions.

Oh this sucks. That rock has corals growing on it.

ReeferKimberly · 04/21/2013, 12:00 AM

You are going to have to double check around.....but I think that will be alright. Probably a toothbrush, some 3% peroxide, and then a bucket a saltwater to rinse the dead algae off. If you can just get around the corals. If they are connected to your other rockwork....ehhhh......I guess if it were me I would have to gauge how much I cared about that coral. You could always start the Kent Magnesium regiment now. Do a search on it here. I would take the rock out if you can...but if it is a big problem then the Kent M would work fine too....just would take a lot longer and since it is such a small amount..... Also getting things to eat it is hit or miss. I bought everything. I tried a foxface, urchins, snails, etc etc. I 'think' the urchins did something and maybe the foxface once the Kent M weakened it, but not really before. Do not bother even trying to figure out if it is your water chemistry. I mean sure it is good to know, but it will grow regardless of what it is in my experience.

tatuaje09 · 04/21/2013, 12:05 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ReeferKimberly

You are going to have to double check around.....but I think that will be alright. Probably a toothbrush, some 3% peroxide, and then a bucket a saltwater to rinse the dead algae off. If you can just get around the corals. If they are connected to your other rockwork....ehhhh......I guess if it were me I would have to gauge how much I cared about that coral. You could always start the Kent Magnesium regiment now. Do a search on it here. I would take the rock out if you can...but if it is a big problem then the Kent M would work fine too....just would take a lot longer and since it is such a small amount..... Also getting things to eat it is hit or miss. I bought everything. I tried a foxface, urchins, snails, etc etc. I 'think' the urchins did something and maybe the foxface once the Kent M weakened it, but not really before. Do not bother even trying to figure out if it is your water chemistry. I mean sure it is good to know, but it will grow regardless of what it is in my experience.

Its not near any of the coral so I should be good with a little spot cleaning with a toothbrush. Thanks.

cheezischrist · 04/21/2013, 06:45 PM

i completely blacked my tank out for 3 weeks, no food absolutely no light, after raising my mag through the roof. uncovered the tank to find the briopsis had completely covered everything, glass, snails, coral....it was even growing on top of itsef on the top of te water....filled my tank with peroxide, bleached everything, started over in a new tank withall new water, and you wanna guess what is growing back......get rid of it now

ReeferKimberly · 04/21/2013, 08:50 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by cheezischrist

i completely blacked my tank out for 3 weeks, no food absolutely no light, after raising my mag through the roof. uncovered the tank to find the briopsis had completely covered everything, glass, snails, coral....it was even growing on top of itsef on the top of te water....filled my tank with peroxide, bleached everything, started over in a new tank withall new water, and you wanna guess what is growing back......get rid of it now

curious, did you use kent? It is some trace element only in kent, not actually the magnesium. But otherwise, +1

cheezischrist · 04/21/2013, 09:06 PM

i should own stock in kent i used so much lol. i swear i have the most mutant strain. i even moved 10 miles away and was hoping maybe it was something getting past my rodi, or coming in airborne from the crick i lived so close to, as i had virtually the same thing happen to my cichlid tank a few years ago. pull that rock and nuke it. better yet bury it in the woods

Sugar Magnolia · 04/22/2013, 05:40 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Paul B

No, I think they are marginal snails but I am not a snail expert, I got millions of them. Brittle stars also, one leg, two legs, three legs etc.

Marginellids. http://reefcentral.com/forums/showth...ht=marginellid

gregburb · 04/23/2013, 06:03 AM

Hi all,
I bought one small piece of Live Rock from LFS to start cycling. I noticed a couple of things on it once I turned on the light. This is the only one I could get a photo of. Is it aiptasia?

gregburb · 04/23/2013, 08:08 AM

I tried to attach a jpeg photo but I missed something.I will try again.
http://www.reefcentral.com/forums/at...1&d=1366726025

SushiGirl · 04/23/2013, 11:59 AM

Gregburb, your post didn't show up at all, you must be new. The spam filter blocks posts by new people that add attachments. Usually, I can post on the link in the email I get for this thread, but this time it said invalid attachment. Can you describe the critter here? Also, you can look through the thread or my Album or even my Homepage & see if you can find what you have there.

This thread is really long, but a lot of the same things get posted repeatedly.

04/20/2013, 12:04 PM	#2026
Paul B Premium Member Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Long Island NY Posts: 15,549	These guys couldn't afford the other two arms. __________________ I used to get shocked when I put my hand in my tank. Then the electric eel went dead. Current Tank Info: 100 gal reef set up in 1971

04/20/2013, 12:06 PM	#2027
Paul B Premium Member Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Long Island NY Posts: 15,549	I got hundreds of these tiny carnivorous snails using clam meat as bait __________________ I used to get shocked when I put my hand in my tank. Then the electric eel went dead. Current Tank Info: 100 gal reef set up in 1971

04/20/2013, 12:41 PM	#2028
SushiGirl Premium Member Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Fort Worth, TX USA Posts: 8,267	Are those olive snails, Paul? You need to tell those mini brittles that they have the right to bear arms . When my mom was staying with me after my last surgery, she noticed one of my white mcro brittles that only had 3 legs. Boy, I've never seen them get such long arms when I had them before, but I have a lot in the 20L that are trying really hard to get as long of arms as the black & white mini brittles in the 55! __________________ Visit my Homepage or "My Albums" (via Profile) for hitchhiker pics. Current Tank Info: 55g softy/LPS tank & 20L reef tank

04/20/2013, 12:46 PM	#2029
Paul B Premium Member Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Long Island NY Posts: 15,549	No, I think they are marginal snails but I am not a snail expert, I got millions of them. Brittle stars also, one leg, two legs, three legs etc. __________________ I used to get shocked when I put my hand in my tank. Then the electric eel went dead. Current Tank Info: 100 gal reef set up in 1971

04/20/2013, 09:11 PM	#2037
SushiGirl Premium Member Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Fort Worth, TX USA Posts: 8,267	NiCL, the action sounds like a peanut worm. Tatuaje, could be bryopsis, but I have no experience with it so maybe someone who does will chime in. __________________ Visit my Homepage or "My Albums" (via Profile) for hitchhiker pics. Current Tank Info: 55g softy/LPS tank & 20L reef tank

04/20/2013, 03:10 PM	#2030
mchammer Registered Member Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Massachusetts Posts: 293	Could some one ID this thing. I have several on my rocks and my candy cane coral. this one is on my snail. Are they good or bad. Red Thing on Snail.jpg

04/20/2013, 03:17 PM	#2032
mchammer Registered Member Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Massachusetts Posts: 293	Thank you for the fast reply alexander. That would explain the white cotton looking stuff on my candy cane coral.

04/20/2013, 04:58 PM	#2033
AGreyCrane Registered Member Join Date: Apr 2013 Posts: 141	Just wanted to confirm... bristleworm? Thanks!

04/20/2013, 05:35 PM	#2034
alexander_ktn Registered Member Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Austria Posts: 851	Yes, the normal kind of bristle worm.

04/20/2013, 08:54 PM	#2035
NicL Registered Member Join Date: Dec 2012 Location: Obx nc Posts: 52	Hello all. Im pretty new to the hobby and the forum. Ive been through almost the entire thread and others as well trying to id a worm i have in my recently cycled tank. He is very very small and impossible to photo. I can only see him with a magnifying glass and most interestingly is he is black with blue bands ( or blue with black bands) and is very shy. I have never seen more than a 1/4 inch at the most and he seems to shrink into himself and he seems to be eating stuff from off the rock he's living in. I know a pic would help but. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks

04/20/2013, 09:27 PM	#2038
NicL Registered Member Join Date: Dec 2012 Location: Obx nc Posts: 52	From everything Ive read thats what i thought too but couldn't find anything about one that was blk and blue. Thanks

04/21/2013, 12:00 AM	#2042
ReeferKimberly Marley & Me Join Date: Jun 2012 Location: Roseville, California Posts: 1,452	You are going to have to double check around.....but I think that will be alright. Probably a toothbrush, some 3% peroxide, and then a bucket a saltwater to rinse the dead algae off. If you can just get around the corals. If they are connected to your other rockwork....ehhhh......I guess if it were me I would have to gauge how much I cared about that coral. You could always start the Kent Magnesium regiment now. Do a search on it here. I would take the rock out if you can...but if it is a big problem then the Kent M would work fine too....just would take a lot longer and since it is such a small amount..... Also getting things to eat it is hit or miss. I bought everything. I tried a foxface, urchins, snails, etc etc. I 'think' the urchins did something and maybe the foxface once the Kent M weakened it, but not really before. Do not bother even trying to figure out if it is your water chemistry. I mean sure it is good to know, but it will grow regardless of what it is in my experience.

04/21/2013, 06:45 PM	#2044
cheezischrist Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2012 Location: lindenwold, new jersey Posts: 367	i completely blacked my tank out for 3 weeks, no food absolutely no light, after raising my mag through the roof. uncovered the tank to find the briopsis had completely covered everything, glass, snails, coral....it was even growing on top of itsef on the top of te water....filled my tank with peroxide, bleached everything, started over in a new tank withall new water, and you wanna guess what is growing back......get rid of it now

04/21/2013, 09:06 PM	#2046
cheezischrist Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2012 Location: lindenwold, new jersey Posts: 367	i should own stock in kent i used so much lol. i swear i have the most mutant strain. i even moved 10 miles away and was hoping maybe it was something getting past my rodi, or coming in airborne from the crick i lived so close to, as i had virtually the same thing happen to my cichlid tank a few years ago. pull that rock and nuke it. better yet bury it in the woods

04/23/2013, 11:59 AM	#2050
SushiGirl Premium Member Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Fort Worth, TX USA Posts: 8,267	Gregburb, your post didn't show up at all, you must be new. The spam filter blocks posts by new people that add attachments. Usually, I can post on the link in the email I get for this thread, but this time it said invalid attachment. Can you describe the critter here? Also, you can look through the thread or my Album or even my Homepage & see if you can find what you have there. This thread is really long, but a lot of the same things get posted repeatedly. __________________ Visit my Homepage or "My Albums" (via Profile) for hitchhiker pics. Current Tank Info: 55g softy/LPS tank & 20L reef tank

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