Got a hitchhiker or unknown critter?? Check here for an ID
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One place I always look for criitter id's is Bob Fenners wet web media page.
http://www.wetwebmedia.com/swcrabidfaq2.htm.
Here is what is said about this crab.
Crab ID 4/20/04 Hello Crew, <cheers> I know this is a bad photo but hopefully with a good description you help id this crab that came in my live rock, with reading about and searching about crabs you here so many bad things about hitch hikers kinda worries you when you are new to marine tanks. for a description it is about the size of a dime , body is oval shaped and a mottle brown and white, short legs that are brown and white striped, and claws are large and of equal size, only distinct feature on the claws other then being brown and white is they both have a small red band on them. should I allow this crab to continue life in my tank? <although we cannot ID this by species, one look at the claws (if not knowing the general omnivorous behavior of most all crabs) reminds us that form follows function: those claws are not there for algae grazing. This crab like most all, is not reef safe. Do remove it please> will my emerald Mithrax crab eat him? <hard to say, although I suspect in the next year your growing Mithrax is more likely to catch and kill a fish. No crabs are truly reef safe> thanks again Drew
<kindly, Anthony>
http://www.wetwebmedia.com/swcrabidfaq2.htm.
Here is what is said about this crab.
Crab ID 4/20/04 Hello Crew, <cheers> I know this is a bad photo but hopefully with a good description you help id this crab that came in my live rock, with reading about and searching about crabs you here so many bad things about hitch hikers kinda worries you when you are new to marine tanks. for a description it is about the size of a dime , body is oval shaped and a mottle brown and white, short legs that are brown and white striped, and claws are large and of equal size, only distinct feature on the claws other then being brown and white is they both have a small red band on them. should I allow this crab to continue life in my tank? <although we cannot ID this by species, one look at the claws (if not knowing the general omnivorous behavior of most all crabs) reminds us that form follows function: those claws are not there for algae grazing. This crab like most all, is not reef safe. Do remove it please> will my emerald Mithrax crab eat him? <hard to say, although I suspect in the next year your growing Mithrax is more likely to catch and kill a fish. No crabs are truly reef safe> thanks again Drew
<kindly, Anthony>
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my best guess on the snail like creature is some sort of cowrie but I do not know. I have absolutely no idea on the crab. And I'm pretty sure the last is some sort of isopod but I am having trouble fitting it into any of the identifying characters of just one family.
my best guess on the snail like creature is some sort of cowrie but I do not know. I have absolutely no idea on the crab. And I'm pretty sure the last is some sort of isopod but I am having trouble fitting it into any of the identifying characters of just one family.
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Anybody any idea what this green thing growning out the rock is?i thought i might of been some sort of seaweed growning but it looks like it has a small black mouth with tiny hairs growing on it at the tip of it! Ive got 3 of them growing pretty close together now.
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I'm not toooo sure what type of snails these are , they seem to be breeding too I saw some egg sacs on my glass , so far they have only eaten most of the algae on my rocks , they haven't touched my corals and they burrow into the sand , they come from Florida , I only know that cause I got the gravel from Florida lol . I looked at the snail hitch hiker thing but I think it looks like a few of them so thought id post here to be sure , I'm keeping them just curious as to what they are . And I have some of those Eunice worms * I think that's what they are called * lol they look the same just red with slightly lighter stripes , only thing I've witnessed them eat is some dead calurpa leaves , I've had other things like chunks of meat and stuff and they don't seem to touch it and the corals I have in there aren't missing any bits yet . Thoughts ? Maybe it's a safe species ?
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Well that's good to know lol Ty
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If I have a coral that I rescue from a pet store or that isn't doing well in my Biocube I dump it in that tank , so far corals have been recovering nicely in that one , I can't wait for the plants to fill in some more
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We'll since I'm here and I just spotted this snail , and I have some tiny flatworms maybe a millimeter long ..... Any of these bad ?
www.chucksaddiction.com You'll be able to tell better from his pics from a birds eye view so to speak.
We'll since I'm here and I just spotted this snail , and I have some tiny flatworms maybe a millimeter long ..... Any of these bad ?
The Snail looks to be a Welks and are coral predators.
Those are indeed Flat Worms of the algae grazing kind. But can become invasive quite quickly.
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Sweet ty for the info
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Pulled this guy from a piece of LR today while scrubbing some slime from it. Any idea what it is? Good/bad? What are the odds there are more of it?
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