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2 new critters found on my LR


mmelnick

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I have actually had both of these for a while now, but I would just like to know what they are and if they are harmful. I have no clue what the first thing is, and think that the second may be a sponge of some sort, but they both have wierd openings that seem to filter water or something.

 

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BustytheSnowMaam

If we are both thinking of the same thing in the pic, those are tunicates. FL live rock?

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If we are both thinking of the same thing in the pic, those are tunicates. FL live rock?

 

Yeah, it is Florida rock. (That rock anyway) I googled turnicates and what I have looks similar to some of those. But they are also starting to become more unevenly shaped.

 

I also have some that look like this photo but lime green.

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BustytheSnowMaam

Nice! I have single ones like the one on your first pic Shiva. FL live rock is awesome. My son is 4 and he's just learning the names of these creatures- I pointed to it and asked if he remembered what it was called and he says, "Uh, a nudist?" I think he was thinking of the word "nudibranch". :)

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^^^LOL! Wait till he tells his pre-school teacher... :)

 

mmelnick, I believe the first pic might show the tentacles of a sedentary sea cucumber. See this pic:

 

hidncuke.jpg

 

from this page:

 

http://www.reefs.org/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?...b09420e426d5375

 

See also this pic:

 

HolothurianTentacles.jpg

 

from this page:

 

http://www.petsforum.com/personal/trevor-j...chinoderms.html

 

 

--Diane

 

Cool, that is exactly what it looks like. I know I have 3 or 4 sea cucumbers in my tank. But I never would have guessed that that was one of them. I can't see any "cucumber" like object that it is comming from. But cool nonetheless. I was just hoping that it wasn't harmful.

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