I've been following this forum for a couple of years, but never posted before. Today when I did my water change, I found several of these black bugs crawling on the filter socks in the sump. Is this a copepod (didn't think they were black) or something more nefarious? Thanks for any help.
Have had these in my tank for a little while now and haven't been able to figure out what they are for sure. They're white and black stripped and like to collect around this coral and I'm not sure if they're benign or something I should be removing.
Here's an image, please ignore the turf algae...
So, just a bit curious on your thoughts. I work at a fish store and have been to a few other stores who have very specific styles… a ton of stores do wood grain or just piece together everything from multiple styles because that is all they can get.
My shop is known for white paint everywhere...
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I purchased a new fish yesterday, thinking it was a 6-line wrasse. It is not.
Any help on the ID would be appreciated!
White body with lateral black lines, 3 per side. Dorsal fin also has black lateral line. Some black spots at rear coming from the lowest black line. Head and neck...
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recently I noticed some black stuff started growing on my rock. The thanks is around 6 months old. Should I worry? It’s pretty hard to the touch but feels more “slippery” than coralline.
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So I have this freshwater tank that I've been taking care of for about 5 months now, which I inherited from former club members (tank is school property, I just do the feedings and maintenance). It has had a green hair algae problem for years now, but we manage it with weekly...
Accidentally got this guy in with a few blue legged hermit crabs I bought a few weeks ago. I've tried to look up what species he is, but no luck. He seems to have vertically striped black and white legs, with horizontal white stripes at the joints. His claws look the same size, though he's so...
I have 2 young ocellaris clowns in QT and we are on day 4 of slowly raise copper for their initial QT. The Quarantine tank they are in is a 16 gallon bare bottom tank with mechanical filtration that has 3 bio balls pulled from the DT for bio filtration. There is also a dish of sand from the DT...
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I am a tank caretaker at our college and we are going to give this tank a makeover. It looks a little bare right now because of an emergency situation last summer, so we basically started from scratch (livestock wise). Otherwise, the tank has been there for at least 5 years. A...
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I found this little white hairy black thing... any ideas?
Aprox 1”
The black portion was lightly covered by the substrate and the hairy bit was on the substrate surface flowing.
It has not moved since its discovery an hour ago.
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I noticed a couple of months ago my clownfish were getting some black dots here and there. After doing some research i was fairly confident they were sting marks from laying in corals surrounding where they base themselves (mainly Zoas). I noticed the other day part of the white towards...
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Yesterday morning I noticed my foxface had a large mark on its right side that suspiciously looked like a blenny kiss. After looking at the forum, it must be.
I got home in the afternoon and noticed the Fox now has a Brown ring on the same side as the blenny kiss (blenny kiss has faded...
Got this as a hitchhiker on some live rock about a week or so ago. It was smooth, slimy, and uniform in color and texture when I put it in my tank. It hasn't moved at all, so I assumed it was some sort of sponge and would die off during my cycle.
Three days ago it started growing what looks...
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Today while looking at my tank i notice super small black specs moving all over my clams shell (only after lights out). They are so small I cannot get a good photo with my phone.
Now after doing some research I feel like it is black bugs however, they are nowhere to be found on any of my sps...
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Just like the title asks, anyone still using the Chinese black box LED lights? I've been away from the hobby a while, and just getting back into it. I have never tried them, but I recall them being quite the rage several years ago. Curious if they've withstood the test of time?
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ok, if you're part of the tang patrol, please keep your responses as professional as possible. I'm not trying to stuff 984752498572409528 tangs in a shot glass.
i have a 5' tank with a light bioload as it is but miss the appearance and functionality of a happy and healthy tang. i had a large...