Got a hitchhiker or unknown critter?? Check here for an ID

[Freakyyfort]

Noticed it this morning.. truck driver had to go was running late. Just placed piece in tank last night. When I get home I'll see and pick it out.

 

[MDeVito]

Any ideas? Small bright red crab with white markings.

 

[ruppertb]

I know this is a flat worm bit unsure if it matters. Not sure if all are bad it why they eat. Never seen one before in my tank or on glass or anywhere. Just now I was cleaning he bubble trap area in my sump and I have a filter bag with cuprisorb and I saw these two guys on the bag and knew what they were. I don't see anymore in the area or anywhere else that I can see. Any ideas what kind this is and what it might eat so I can look to see if I have more. Any ideas how to make sure I don't have anymore.

 

[ruppertb]

 

[cloak]

Polyclad Flatworm. (bad)

From now on your just going to have to keep your eyes peeled for more. GL.

http://www.lionfishlair.com/hitchhiker/flatwormpolyclad.shtml

http://www.rzuser.uni-heidelberg.de/~bu6/flatintr.htm

 

[ruppertb]

Thanks I will go read that article

 

[radolynsky]

Hi, can anyone help me ID that anemone?

 

[Bret Brinkmann]

Just got a zoa and found these two snails. One brownish and tan, the other grayish and white. The second one looks sorta like a sundial but the shell shape is off. Small shells compared to the body size. What are they and what do they eat?..... Need to invest in a close up lens for the camera. Hitchhikers are always so small...

These are stomas. Didn't know they came in brown, black, grey, green, and blue varieties. Also had a polyclad flatworm attack my astrea snail. I got the poly out but my poor astrea lost an eye, antenna, part of its mantle, and I think its tongue. Still has a mouth though. Not sure she is going to make it. Been hanging on for over two weeks so far, but doesn't move too much.

 

[Hal 9000]

Two new ones for me today. Both have shells. Any help would be appreciated!

 

[cloak]

Stomatella snails perhaps? (harmless)

 

[Sapper577]

Saw this picking around on one of my acros.
I have never had a crab as a hitchhiker and I am assuming it survived the dip.
Any ideas ?

 

[cloak]

It might be one of the Coral Crabs outlined in the first link below.

http://www.advancedaquarist.com/2010/12/inverts

http://reefkeeping.com/issues/2003-12/rs/index.php

 

[Sapper577]

Thank you. I tend to keep an eye on any new corals I add to my system. Looking them over really good. If it hadn't been moving I would have never seen it. It seemed to be feeding on the tissue. I usually dip with Interceptor, (after a bout with spider crabs) which probably would have killed it. I opted for a lighter dip with Coral Rx.
I really don't want to destroy the animal. I have other systems I can put it in, but if it's single source of sustainably is acro tissue, the other aquariums are mixed polyp and LPS and it would die.

 

[Bret Brinkmann]

Found two new snails in the tank. Anyone know what they are?

First is a small black snail. Looks like a burnt sesame seed with an even smaller white translucent body. Way to small to get a picture. It's the size of a sesame seed too.

Second is also small, about the size of a grain of crushed coral substrate. Shell is white and near perfectly conical. Not spiral conical, but cone shaped. There are two of these snails and they both have black flecks on the shell in random places. Again too small for pictures. Need to invest in a high zoom lense for the camera...

 

[Psiber_Syn]

Some kind of nudi which of my expensive browning out corals does this one eat?
This is not my pic but is what I saw unluckily a fish sucked it off the glass but did not eat it

 

[cloak]

Montipora eating Nudibranch would be my guess.

http://blog.captive-aquatics.com/captive_aquatics/2010/09/a-montipora-eating-nudibranch-primer.html

 

[Sapper577]

Montipora eating Nudibranch would be my guess.

http://blog.captive-aquatics.com/captive_aquatics/2010/09/a-montipora-eating-nudibranch-primer.html

What it looks like to me too. Lil rascals can butcher a colony pretty quick.

 

[Psiber_Syn]

Only issue is I haven't added anything new in a while I do have montis I see no damage to them but did just now notice my Rasta zoas are all closed and I see what I think is a circle of eggs on few of them will get a pic in a few after finish eating lunch what's the best way to remove the nudis and eggs?

 

[Psiber_Syn]

Eggs

 

[twon8]

Manual removal of those nudi eggs is required