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Got a hitchhiker or unknown critter?? Check here for an ID
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BumpHelping a buddy clean his tank up and this caught my eye floating around. Looks like an egg sack maybe? At first I thought flatworm but it's pretty round
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What are you planning on having in that aquarium?
A mantis shrimp.
The long story here is, I bought that as a quarantine tank for a hermit crab that I thought was a cleaner crew crab but really he was a red spotted, so I had him isolated in that 20gallon high. Returned the crab. Someone gave me that mantis for FREE.
I dont want him in my 72 gallon main tank as I'm pretty sure he will murder everything I try to add later if he gets big. So. This is now a dedicated species tank.
Wiz
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Sweet hiker!Someone gave me this FREE mantis shrimp he said he got as a hitchhiker on some live rock. Can you ID the specific type for me, so I know how big he will get / how much substrate to put down for it?
w.gurney77
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I have these small critters stinging my acros at night. They are tiny fleshy bits with a filamentous tentacle that retracts when the lights are on. I have been noticing that my acropora have bleached spots on them. Some of these acros are not doing well and have died back in the effected area.
I have been trying to figure out how this is happening. I have been looking on at night with an LED flashlight, and found these guys. The only one I could get a picture of is in my refugium. I can't focus on them in the display tank with my cell phone. They are increasing in number! Please help me with this one!
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I have these small critters stinging my acros at night. They are tiny fleshy bits with a filamentous tentacle that retracts when the lights are on. I have been noticing that my acropora have bleached spots on them. Some of these acros are not doing well and have died back in the effected area.I have been trying to figure out how this is happening. I have been looking on at night with an LED flashlight, and found these guys. The only one I could get a picture of is in my refugium. I can't focus on them in the display tank with my cell phone. They are increasing in number! Please help me with this one!
Possible Digitate Hydroids.
w.gurney77
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Definitely digitate hydroids. I just looked them up. Thanks for the ID.
Now the big question.... How do I get rid of them? They are killing my corals.
Very difficult! Manual removal via tweezers or putting a drop of Superglue Gel on them. They feed from the water column so keeping food down to a minimum helps. Very tenacious little buggers.
GenSkiR6
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Friend for foe ??
First is a small snail
Other is small caterpillar looking worms
Colonista snail- good
Bristle worm- good although don't touch it, it will sting you
MiguelCS71
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I was gonna say star polyps, but unsure....kind of long wavy strands. And how is it that you didn't notice it? This looks pretty big and has a beautiful green.
MiguelCS71
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That's an amphipod. It's a great guy to have.
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