northeastern Posted August 16, 2011 Share Posted August 16, 2011 Got my cured live rock and here are the hitch hikers i have been able to find. This guy moved from where its pictured to almost under the rock and then turns his head out towards the light. he doesn't get much though he's in a cave type thing. this thing hasn't changed, moved or anything for two weeks. both are very small, the soft coral thingy is maybe 1/4 in long anf the clam thing is size of a finger nail. these began to creep their heads out now there are a few of them (3 or 4) on one side of the rock and i know this might be a long shot, this thing is wicked hard to take a picture of with my lack of camera skill but its a small white thing that looks like a feather duster upside down. it hides in a little cone when it isn't out. Algea?! All this on 10lbs of fiji live rock in an 8 gallon tank and help would be great! Link to comment
northeastern Posted August 16, 2011 Author Share Posted August 16, 2011 are all the anemone things aiptasia? i hope not.... but looks like it to me... Link to comment
drunkenmonk21 Posted August 16, 2011 Share Posted August 16, 2011 They seem to look alot like aiptasia Where did you get your rock? Link to comment
northeastern Posted August 16, 2011 Author Share Posted August 16, 2011 a lfs but it was a more specialty fish shop instead of petco because i thought i'd get better rock there.... Link to comment
Trogdor447 Posted August 16, 2011 Share Posted August 16, 2011 That's algae for sure looks like gha.. I am all but certain that is aptasia The white thing is a pineapple sponge no prob there Can't really tell what the first object its Link to comment
northeastern Posted August 16, 2011 Author Share Posted August 16, 2011 I thought the first thing was a big aiptasia , or do you mean the green clam thing? I think the only thing to worry about is the aiptasia which i think i'm just going to handle with some aiptasia x if my lfs has some. if not i could alway take the rock out and burn them but i dont want a big black spot on my rock where the big one is because its in the center and right where people look. Link to comment
drunkenmonk21 Posted August 16, 2011 Share Posted August 16, 2011 Any chance you can get a better pic of the little green clam looking thing? The first ones are aptasia Link to comment
eschaton Posted August 17, 2011 Share Posted August 17, 2011 The second to the last one is a barnacle. Won't hurt anything, but probably won't survive either. Link to comment
northeastern Posted August 17, 2011 Author Share Posted August 17, 2011 more pictures. moved the tank around a little to make it prettier before i add anything living that i paid for. here's the clam thingy and here's the new setup Link to comment
castiel Posted August 18, 2011 Share Posted August 18, 2011 Did anyone ID these yet? One of my tanks has several (though they have green tufts), and this morning once was stuck to the glass! Must be a mollusc of some kind? Link to comment
northeastern Posted August 18, 2011 Author Share Posted August 18, 2011 those little things are aptasia so im told. bad news bears i guess... im really looking to find out more about the green clam guy Link to comment
castiel Posted August 19, 2011 Share Posted August 19, 2011 Hmm well I am pretty sure mine aren't. Here's a pic of one: It recedes within it's 'tube' when disturbed, and has a bright green 'head'. Oh well I guess I'll see in time! Link to comment
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