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[FJB]

can any one tell me what this is Fish eal?

 

[evolved]

Pearlfish perhaps?

 

[Wiz]

it's a little blurry but it could also be a garden eel

 

[Tahoe61]

If you have recently acquired sea slug or cucumber of any sort than Pearl Fish.

 

[nelson.jdautobody]

any ideas? i initially thought bristol worm. i noticed these little things mostly climbing on the back of the tank walls and in the corners of the glass. i did notice one crossing over a frag plug the other day (in the sand bed) so i pulled it out for a better look. should i be concerned?

 

[Wiz]

Can you get a pic against a background that wi ll make the color show better? Its head blends in I can't make it out

 

[nelson.jdautobody]

i took about 20+ pics just to get one that good-lol. the head is at the top right hand corner of the picture and i would describe it as sort of looking like a "pincher bug" head with its forks in front. it was the striping on its body that made me think that this may not be a bristol worm like i originally had thought. unfortunatly i had a ick issue a while back and my tank has been fallow for months so i havnt had any real pest control for a good long time

 

[Wiz]

Pretty sure its not a bristle. Only one I could find with stripes was Eusyllinae but color is different. Ill keep lookin

 

[nelson.jdautobody]

thanks wiz

 

[Wiz]

Np. I love this stuff! Lol:-D

 

[cloak]

any ideas? i initially thought bristol worm. i noticed these little things mostly climbing on the back of the tank walls and in the corners of the glass. i did notice one crossing over a frag plug the other day (in the sand bed) so i pulled it out for a better look. should i be concerned?

Maybe this link will help.

Worm Hitch Hikers

 

[nelson.jdautobody]

Maybe this link will help.

Worm Hitch Hikers

thanks. i looked at that one already though hoping to find out what type of worm that is but best/closest thing i have found so far is something called a "scary" worm? not sure if thats even a real species. it looks really close to the bristol worm family and not as close to the euncid worm and nothing in my tank seems to be dying off, so maybe its not all bad. once i get fish back in there im hoping they will just naturally control the population before an infestation break out

 

[stravo71]

This is in a dead bubbke coral. Its cool looking. Kind of looks like a sponge in a clam shell. Any ideas to what it is. I also have ones that are white not red. Thanks

 

[stravo71]

 

[Wiz]

Looks like a dying anemone.

 

[stravo71]

Looks like a dying anemone.

Its looked like that for months. Its getting bigger. Whatever it is. It has a shell on the top of it and it feels like a sponge in the middle. But it doesn't have a mouth like a clam

 

[Wiz]

Interresting. Guess we'll see. Does look like the foot of a nem yhough. Lol shell huh. Hmmm

 

[stravo71]

Yea. Its got me scratching my head. I though it was a nem at first also. But didn't grow tentacles. Dont know

 

[Wiz]

Also kinda looks like a thorny oyster. But you said no split in the center right?

 

[stravo71]

Also kinda looks like a thorny oyster. But you said no split in the center right?

Yup. No split. The other ones might be thorny oysters. But they are to small to get pics of I will try tho