Hello, I am new to this forum, I have been reading it for a long time when researching and I was always planning to introduce myself and create a thread in Members aquariums, although I never got to it yet, so it’s till yet to come.
However last night I discovered some hitchhiker in my tank and I would like to see if anyone can help me to identify it.
I have no idea what it is. When I first seen it, it wasn’t moving and I though it’s maybe a shrank tentacle dropped from my Entacmaea quadricolor, although very unlikely. So I picked it up with the turkey baster and moved it close to front of the glass and switched off the flow so i can observe it. Its not moving much but with the flow off I can see it moving.
It looks to me like some kind of worm/slug or maybe very small sea cucumber?? Its very colorful and it’s is very small maybe 1-1.5cm when stretched. The pictures are enlarged a lot.
I have no idea where it came from, I always dip all new corals in CoralRx, so Im thinking it must have come with the live rock, but how I never seen it in 10 months?
It’s quite surprising, I was always fascinated with the hitchhikers on the live rock and spend hours and hours exploring my tank with the magnifying glass, my tank is now 10 months old so I really didnt think I can still find something new.
I am posting some pictures, but is much better to see on the video so I will try to upload it on youtube and post the link here.
(About the strange noises in the video - my parrot sleeps in that room and makes noises when sleeps
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However last night I discovered some hitchhiker in my tank and I would like to see if anyone can help me to identify it.
I have no idea what it is. When I first seen it, it wasn’t moving and I though it’s maybe a shrank tentacle dropped from my Entacmaea quadricolor, although very unlikely. So I picked it up with the turkey baster and moved it close to front of the glass and switched off the flow so i can observe it. Its not moving much but with the flow off I can see it moving.
It looks to me like some kind of worm/slug or maybe very small sea cucumber?? Its very colorful and it’s is very small maybe 1-1.5cm when stretched. The pictures are enlarged a lot.
I have no idea where it came from, I always dip all new corals in CoralRx, so Im thinking it must have come with the live rock, but how I never seen it in 10 months?
It’s quite surprising, I was always fascinated with the hitchhikers on the live rock and spend hours and hours exploring my tank with the magnifying glass, my tank is now 10 months old so I really didnt think I can still find something new.
I am posting some pictures, but is much better to see on the video so I will try to upload it on youtube and post the link here.
(About the strange noises in the video - my parrot sleeps in that room and makes noises when sleeps
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