clifford513 Posted November 28, 2006 Share Posted November 28, 2006 ...unfortunately a resemblance to a tropical worm species doesn't help me much. Actually, I think it does. Though I didn't find a positive id, I still think it is a type of peanut worm. Didn't realize there were so many different ones, tropical and temperate. Here are some interesting links I found. One is a list. I didn't have time to check them all for photos. Maybe you can get the time. Anyway, hth. ReefKeeping.com This, I can't recall what it is, but I emailed it home so it's something If that link doesn't work, click here and choose Appendix B. This is the list. Maybe you can google the individual worms for pics. Link to comment
jeremai Posted November 28, 2006 Author Share Posted November 28, 2006 I appreciate it, but I'm not really that invested; if it starts killing things I'll worry, but till then, Mystery Worm it will be. Link to comment
nano_reeflover Posted November 28, 2006 Share Posted November 28, 2006 Its a Micrura verrilli. They eat crustaceans, polychaetes, and are cannibals Phylum: Nemertea Class: Anopla Order: Heteronemertea Family: Lineidae Genus: Micrura Species: verrilli Link to comment
clifford513 Posted November 30, 2006 Share Posted November 30, 2006 Awesome work nano! Link to comment
nano_reeflover Posted November 30, 2006 Share Posted November 30, 2006 lol just doing my job Link to comment
clifford513 Posted November 30, 2006 Share Posted November 30, 2006 What is your job? Really! Link to comment
jeremai Posted December 1, 2006 Author Share Posted December 1, 2006 Yeah, a colleague suggested it was a Micrura, as well. Thanks for the info. Maybe he'll find his tail and eat himself. Link to comment
clifford513 Posted December 1, 2006 Share Posted December 1, 2006 I tried, Jere. Guess I'm just a reeftard after all Link to comment
clifford513 Posted December 1, 2006 Share Posted December 1, 2006 I tried, Jere. Guess I'm just a reeftard after all I'm a junior in HS. When I get a job, I would like to be a biologist. Thanks for the confirmation Link to comment
jeremai Posted December 1, 2006 Author Share Posted December 1, 2006 I'm a junior in HS. When I get a job, I would like to be a biologist. Woo hoo! If you'd like practice, I could use an ID on the bryozoans I posted way back on page two or something. Link to comment
adinsxq Posted December 1, 2006 Share Posted December 1, 2006 i was browsing one of the aquarium magazines the other day and it had an article about temperate tanks. the author stated that you really shouldn't drop your chiller down past the recommended temperature... something about busting a tube. sorry, i can't remember... expansion tube maybe? Link to comment
jeremai Posted December 1, 2006 Author Share Posted December 1, 2006 Yeah, the expansion tube is a part of the thermostat system, I believe. Some nut told me the same thing, but Current seemed to think it won't be a problem. We'll see, but I'd like a citation so I can read the article. Link to comment
nano_reeflover Posted December 1, 2006 Share Posted December 1, 2006 Woo hoo! If you'd like practice, I could use an ID on the bryozoans I posted way back on page two or something. I dont think I even want to attempt that one lol. Link to comment
jeremai Posted December 3, 2006 Author Share Posted December 3, 2006 It appears I may have jumped the gun on my identification of the anemones. What I called U. felina is actually U. crassicornis. What I called U. crassicornis is actually U. grebelnyi; could also possibly be Cribrinopsis albopunctata. Still waiting on a definite ID for that one. The Sanamyans are making amazing progress in correctly classifying PAcific anemones; in the past they were incorrectly lumped together with their Atlantic counterparts. Link to comment
adinsxq Posted December 3, 2006 Share Posted December 3, 2006 aren't you due for a full tank shot? Link to comment
S.I.C. Posted December 5, 2006 Share Posted December 5, 2006 WOW!! I fell off this thread your tank is sweet. I agree, need another FTS! Link to comment
jeremai Posted December 5, 2006 Author Share Posted December 5, 2006 reefin', send me those anemones and I'll get an updated FTS. I should be getting another shipment from my guy in WA in a couple weeks. in the mean time, I gotta make my 3 shots a month, so I'll post some more photos soon. Link to comment
jeremai Posted December 8, 2006 Author Share Posted December 8, 2006 Last night I witnessed one of my hermit crabs snip off a tentacle from my favorite anemone and proceed to eat it. So this morning my hermit crabs are drying out nicely on the roof of my building. Link to comment
jeremai Posted December 8, 2006 Author Share Posted December 8, 2006 They're pretty dead at this point - cats probably got to them shorty after I set them out. Bastards. I never really liked em anyway; and today my anemones are all a third again larger than normal. Pfft. Link to comment
clifford513 Posted December 8, 2006 Share Posted December 8, 2006 Roof baked hermits, yum yum! FTS ASAP!!! Link to comment
adinsxq Posted December 8, 2006 Share Posted December 8, 2006 for a photographer, you don't take very many photos Link to comment
clifford513 Posted December 8, 2006 Share Posted December 8, 2006 for a photographer, you don't take very many photos Exactly! Link to comment
kinetic Posted December 8, 2006 Share Posted December 8, 2006 for a photographer, you don't take very many photos hahaha nice! i agree. Link to comment
Recommended Posts
Archived
This topic is now archived and is closed to further replies.