Pix & ID: Critters that come in your rocks: the good and the bad. - Page 86

SushiGirl · 05/04/2013, 05:18 PM

Feed them in their own tank & see how fast they grow & spread. I fed my first aiptasias back in 2000. They got big, dark brown, and took over my 3 gallon pico!

CarlosPulga · 05/06/2013, 09:56 PM

I have these. Are they good bad? Is it a good sign if they're thriving in the tank? I think they are reproducing. I'm a newbie. xD

SushiGirl · 05/06/2013, 11:10 PM

I can't tell what that is, can you get a clearer pic?

CarlosPulga · 05/06/2013, 11:39 PM

my (phone) camera sucks. I went and blew them out of the rock and saw a big one, (around an inch, or smaller) right next to the glass, clearly seeing the bristles. I'm thinking this will be a great picture. Nope, lame camera phone, all I have to take pictures right now.

Shia · 05/06/2013, 11:47 PM

Just set up a new tank and was curious what this little hitch hiker was on a piece of live rock. Tank was setup only a few days ago and live rock was added to help cycle. It only comes out in darkness, has clear short tentacles, and to a certain degree appears to resemble a cross between a feeding hard coral and an anemone. So as soon as the lights turn on, it slowly retracts into the rock. After 5 minutes you can't even tell there was anything there. Definitely not Aptasia

Sorry for the pic, taken on my phone. It is right in the center with its clear short tentacles hanging out.

agetr · 05/06/2013, 11:52 PM

looks like a bristle worm to me. don't touch it with bare hands as it can irritate your skin. some people don't like them just based on appearance, but others like them helping consume left over fish food, detrius.

SushiGirl · 05/07/2013, 02:46 AM

Carlos, as agetr said, sounds like a bristleworm.

Shia, looks like some kind of coral. Maybe a hidden cup coral or a baby LPS of some kind.

Rob in Puyallup · 05/07/2013, 04:16 AM

I recently purchased a large zoanthid colony at Petco. Very beautiful! In amongst the zoas is this mussel.

I saw the shell at the store, didn't realize it was alive...

(the whole shebang for less than $30.00)

SushiGirl · 05/07/2013, 09:22 AM

Very cool! Used to get bivalves all the time back when frags came on rocks. I currently have 3 small bivalves in the 55, 2 are still on their rock frags, the other's on a piece of live...must've been deep inside the rock when they cleared all the growth off.

Shia · 05/07/2013, 10:03 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by SushiGirl

Shia, looks like some kind of coral. Maybe a hidden cup coral or a baby LPS of some kind.

You were spot on. I think they were just acclimating to my tank, lights are on and the tentacles are just swaying in the current :-)

Also discovered a small feather duster, really lucked out with this piece of live rock.

reefgoddess808 · 05/07/2013, 04:47 PM

The little white "commas" all over my glass and rocks are pods right? I dont think they are snail eggs, although I believe I have some of those two...Ill try to get a pic posted.

SushiGirl · 05/07/2013, 09:57 PM

Probably copepods. The look of eggs would depend on what snails you have.

CarlosPulga · 05/08/2013, 01:28 AM

Okay, thanks.

I have another one for you guys to try and guess. lol

There is these tiny white stick looking things growing on my rock. Some are branching out. It looking pretty cool. They're really small so I couldn't get a picture with my phone.

Does this sound like anything you guys know? If so, good or bad?

Tiny branch-like looking sticks?

Thanks. :]

SushiGirl · 05/08/2013, 10:06 AM

Sounds like foraminiferans, harmless.

If you click on my name, you can go to my album that has some pics or my homepage that has a lot of pics & see what you recognize.

SantaMonica · 05/10/2013, 02:33 PM

I love forams... really a good sign that lots of food particles are circulating in the water

ozworld · 05/12/2013, 11:13 AM

Hi,
Can someone please help me identify this, I have a couple of the on the same rock. It looks like the are very shy, anything that move around them they quickly retract to their hole.
ImageUploadedByTapatalk 21368378610.399539.jpg
ImageUploadedByTapatalk 21368378789.198364.jpg

Rob in Puyallup · 05/12/2013, 11:38 AM

Looks like a small feather duster worm to me. I have lots. They're pretty good at surviving the curing of live rock.

SushiGirl · 05/12/2013, 12:10 PM

Yep, featherdusters. Harmless.

BillyBigReef · 05/12/2013, 01:37 PM

can anyone tell me what this is?

alexander_ktn · 05/12/2013, 01:43 PM

Looks like a munnid isopod - beneficial.

BillyBigReef · 05/12/2013, 01:45 PM

so those are the pods certain fish will eat?

alexander_ktn · 05/12/2013, 01:47 PM

Most commonly people mean copepods by that, but yes, many fish will eat munnid isopods as well.

BillyBigReef · 05/12/2013, 01:49 PM

awesomeness! lol thank you. I will read up on them

ozworld · 05/12/2013, 04:10 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by SushiGirl

Yep, featherdusters. Harmless.

Great, thanks Rob and SushiGirl.

bloodypeasant · 05/12/2013, 08:44 PM

Quick question, will hermit crabs start eating my macro (coraline) algae? I used to have so much of it in my tank, now it seems to be slowly disappearing. Where the algae used to be i now see what appears to be little claw or scratch marks. My hermits have been great so far just eating microalgae and leftover fish food. If it isnt my hermits, what else likes to graze on coraline algae?

05/04/2013, 05:18 PM	#2126
SushiGirl Premium Member Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Fort Worth, TX USA Posts: 8,267	Feed them in their own tank & see how fast they grow & spread. I fed my first aiptasias back in 2000. They got big, dark brown, and took over my 3 gallon pico! __________________ Visit my Homepage or "My Albums" (via Profile) for hitchhiker pics. Current Tank Info: 55g softy/LPS tank & 20L reef tank

05/06/2013, 11:10 PM	#2128
SushiGirl Premium Member Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Fort Worth, TX USA Posts: 8,267	I can't tell what that is, can you get a clearer pic? __________________ Visit my Homepage or "My Albums" (via Profile) for hitchhiker pics. Current Tank Info: 55g softy/LPS tank & 20L reef tank

05/07/2013, 02:46 AM	#2132
SushiGirl Premium Member Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Fort Worth, TX USA Posts: 8,267	Carlos, as agetr said, sounds like a bristleworm. Shia, looks like some kind of coral. Maybe a hidden cup coral or a baby LPS of some kind. __________________ Visit my Homepage or "My Albums" (via Profile) for hitchhiker pics. Current Tank Info: 55g softy/LPS tank & 20L reef tank

05/07/2013, 09:22 AM	#2134
SushiGirl Premium Member Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Fort Worth, TX USA Posts: 8,267	Very cool! Used to get bivalves all the time back when frags came on rocks. I currently have 3 small bivalves in the 55, 2 are still on their rock frags, the other's on a piece of live...must've been deep inside the rock when they cleared all the growth off. __________________ Visit my Homepage or "My Albums" (via Profile) for hitchhiker pics. Current Tank Info: 55g softy/LPS tank & 20L reef tank

05/07/2013, 09:57 PM	#2137
SushiGirl Premium Member Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Fort Worth, TX USA Posts: 8,267	Probably copepods. The look of eggs would depend on what snails you have. __________________ Visit my Homepage or "My Albums" (via Profile) for hitchhiker pics. Current Tank Info: 55g softy/LPS tank & 20L reef tank

05/06/2013, 11:52 PM	#2131
agetr Registered Member Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: idaho falls Posts: 25	looks like a bristle worm to me. don't touch it with bare hands as it can irritate your skin. some people don't like them just based on appearance, but others like them helping consume left over fish food, detrius.

05/07/2013, 04:47 PM	#2136
reefgoddess808 Registered Member Join Date: Mar 2013 Location: Eastern North Carolina Posts: 382	The little white "commas" all over my glass and rocks are pods right? I dont think they are snail eggs, although I believe I have some of those two...Ill try to get a pic posted.

05/08/2013, 01:28 AM	#2138
CarlosPulga Registered Member Join Date: Mar 2013 Location: Chowchilla, CA Posts: 52	Okay, thanks. I have another one for you guys to try and guess. lol There is these tiny white stick looking things growing on my rock. Some are branching out. It looking pretty cool. They're really small so I couldn't get a picture with my phone. Does this sound like anything you guys know? If so, good or bad? Tiny branch-like looking sticks? Thanks. :]

05/08/2013, 10:06 AM	#2139
SushiGirl Premium Member Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Fort Worth, TX USA Posts: 8,267	Sounds like foraminiferans, harmless. If you click on my name, you can go to my album that has some pics or my homepage that has a lot of pics & see what you recognize. __________________ Visit my Homepage or "My Albums" (via Profile) for hitchhiker pics. Current Tank Info: 55g softy/LPS tank & 20L reef tank

05/10/2013, 02:33 PM	#2140
SantaMonica Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Santa Monica, California, USA Posts: 2,511	I love forams... really a good sign that lots of food particles are circulating in the water

05/12/2013, 11:13 AM	#2141
ozworld Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2013 Location: Miramar, FL Posts: 68	Hi, Can someone please help me identify this, I have a couple of the on the same rock. It looks like the are very shy, anything that move around them they quickly retract to their hole. ImageUploadedByTapatalk 21368378610.399539.jpg ImageUploadedByTapatalk 21368378789.198364.jpg

05/12/2013, 11:38 AM	#2142
Rob in Puyallup Registered Member Join Date: Apr 2013 Posts: 191	Looks like a small feather duster worm to me. I have lots. They're pretty good at surviving the curing of live rock.

05/12/2013, 12:10 PM	#2143
SushiGirl Premium Member Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Fort Worth, TX USA Posts: 8,267	Yep, featherdusters. Harmless. __________________ Visit my Homepage or "My Albums" (via Profile) for hitchhiker pics. Current Tank Info: 55g softy/LPS tank & 20L reef tank

05/12/2013, 01:37 PM	#2144
BillyBigReef Registered Member Join Date: Mar 2013 Location: Marysville, Ohio Posts: 45	can anyone tell me what this is? __________________ Hello family, My name is Bill and I'm a Reef addict... Current Tank Info: 26gal Bow Front Last edited by BillyBigReef; 05/12/2013 at 01:43 PM. Reason: reasonable size jpg

05/12/2013, 01:43 PM	#2145
alexander_ktn Registered Member Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Austria Posts: 851	Looks like a munnid isopod - beneficial.

05/12/2013, 01:45 PM	#2146
BillyBigReef Registered Member Join Date: Mar 2013 Location: Marysville, Ohio Posts: 45	so those are the pods certain fish will eat? __________________ Hello family, My name is Bill and I'm a Reef addict... Current Tank Info: 26gal Bow Front

05/12/2013, 01:47 PM	#2147
alexander_ktn Registered Member Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Austria Posts: 851	Most commonly people mean copepods by that, but yes, many fish will eat munnid isopods as well.

05/12/2013, 01:49 PM	#2148
BillyBigReef Registered Member Join Date: Mar 2013 Location: Marysville, Ohio Posts: 45	awesomeness! lol thank you. I will read up on them __________________ Hello family, My name is Bill and I'm a Reef addict... Current Tank Info: 26gal Bow Front

05/12/2013, 08:44 PM	#2150
bloodypeasant Registered Member Join Date: Mar 2013 Location: Hudson Valley, NY, USA Posts: 41	Quick question, will hermit crabs start eating my macro (coraline) algae? I used to have so much of it in my tank, now it seems to be slowly disappearing. Where the algae used to be i now see what appears to be little claw or scratch marks. My hermits have been great so far just eating microalgae and leftover fish food. If it isnt my hermits, what else likes to graze on coraline algae? __________________ "Strange women lying in ponds distributing swords, is no basis for a system of government!" Current Tank Info: 46 Gal. Bowfront

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