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[Wiz]

Whats a flatworm? I mean who are you speaking to?

Its a flat worm , they live on corals such as frogspawn , hammers , etc. They can populate quickly .

 

[Lionfish Lair]

Oh I bet it's the crab!

 

[Lionfish Lair]

I'm finding a lot of pics of Pom Pom crab larvae and yours look just like it, so I bet it is indeed the crab. It's not snail, ghosties or cleaner.

 

[Wiz]

I did have an an anemone crab in my green bubble tip but the gbta was getting very upset so I put the crab in the fuge. But I have not seen it and months. I don't know if it's still in there.

 

[Wiz]

That's pretty cool though. It is a pretty large Ruby mithrax that is in there. I caught it in my display with a mouth full of tentacle.

 

[Lionfish Lair]

They are just adorable.

 

[Wiz]

We think alike. I was absolutely loving it until the cleaner started to eat them. But both skunk cleaners were evicted to the display today. They are big enough for my large Watchmen to not eat them now. LOL

 

[GHsaltie]

I need an Id for this strange blue thing I found tonight. It looks very crab like but not crabby at the same time. I have absolutely no clue what it is!

 

[Wiz]

Looks like a crab to me. Possibly a decorator of some type

 

[GHsaltie]

Looks like a crab to me. Possibly a decorator of some type

Are they normally blue though? I've only ever seen decorator crabs all dressed up so I don't even know what they look like when "naked".

 

[Doob]

Is this a sponge?

I don't know where it would have came from. All of the rock was dry, new dry sand. All of the livestock (shrimp, fire fish, chromis and 4 Astraea snails including this guy) came from an established, sponge free 10 gallon EXCEPT for a reefcleaners cleaning packaged. The crew wasn't QT'd but was dipped on its way in. I guess that's possible, eh?

Anywho, good/bad? Goodbad?

 

[Wiz]

That is a pineapple sponge and is good.

Is this a sponge?

I don't know where it would have came from. All of the rock was dry, new dry sand. All of the livestock (shrimp, fire fish, chromis and 4 Astraea snails including this guy) came from an established, sponge free 10 gallon EXCEPT for a reefcleaners cleaning packaged. The crew wasn't QT'd but was dipped on its way in. I guess that's possible, eh?

Anywho, good/bad? Goodbad?

 

[Wiz]

I cannot say whether or not they come in blue. I am judging solely by the shape and look of the crab

Are they normally blue though? I've only ever seen decorator crabs all dressed up so I don't even know what they look like when "naked".

 

[Wiz]

Judging by this picture I took from Google Images yes they can come in blue.

Are they normally blue though? I've only ever seen decorator crabs all dressed up so I don't even know what they look like when "naked".

 

[Lionfish Lair]

Take a look at gall crab as well.

 

[GHsaltie]

Take a look at gall crab as well.

Wow just looked those guys up and they are very fascinating, however on further research mine does look to be a decorator crab. I'm going to leave it in there for not and hopefully it will grow and stay in sight so I can watch it. Now I need another ID, I found this flatworm crawling across the front glass this morning and I am in doubt as to whether it's good or bad. I always jump to the assumption that anything flatworm means bad, but there are good ones right?

This is while its in motion, it's very rounded when sitting still.

 

[Wiz]

Looks like a polyclad. Bad if it is.

 

[GHsaltie]

It's completely white though and doesn't look to have any patterning. It also has what looks like two small antennas. Are there any good flatworms that I could compare it to? If not I guess I'll just assume bad and pitch it.

 

[Wiz]

If it has antenna it might be a slug.

 

[Lionfish Lair]

Wiz is correct. It's a Polyclad. Polyclads aren't a single flatworm, but a group. The species we often see are Phrikoceros Mopsus and the Pericelis cata, but that whole group contains some white ones as well. I would remove it.