imafishboy Posted January 31, 2005 Share Posted January 31, 2005 hey guys i'm kinda of scared of these things i found all over the acrylic. i remember i saw this before and mb it was a jelly fish..but wht should i do about these things? Link to comment
xeon Posted January 31, 2005 Share Posted January 31, 2005 Yep, it is a hydroid jellyfish. Everyone I know has had them... but strangely enough they tend to be short lived. I saw some for about a month in my most recent tank. I've never noticed any real adverse affects from them while they are in there. Link to comment
imafishboy Posted January 31, 2005 Author Share Posted January 31, 2005 this is another thing i found, wht could it be? is it anything? it has seemed to shot out tenticle things out the ends, ya see? Link to comment
imafishboy Posted January 31, 2005 Author Share Posted January 31, 2005 forgot the pic Link to comment
javi Posted January 31, 2005 Share Posted January 31, 2005 hydroids are not really jellyfish i think. they are hydras. they have many life stages. they are stingers but do not affect most reef fish. ya may want to get some limpets. they are great at eating these guys up. Link to comment
reef hugger Posted January 31, 2005 Share Posted January 31, 2005 The first pic is of a common hydroid that comes in on LR. They are harmless, except to fry, then they are EVIL. Like javi said they are not true jellyfish. Although some hydroids and jellyfish have the same life cycles they are not the same. The second pic could be a foram (foraminiferan). Link to comment
jenniebutterfly Posted January 31, 2005 Share Posted January 31, 2005 the second pic looks like a sort of polychaete worm, scroll down this page to finda bit of info on them btw they are harmless filter feeders http://www.reefs.org/hhfaq/pages/main_page...s/faq_rock3.htm Link to comment
imafishboy Posted January 31, 2005 Author Share Posted January 31, 2005 ooo i guess i'll keep both then Link to comment
Maxvan1 Posted January 31, 2005 Share Posted January 31, 2005 what camera did you use? how big is the orange thing? Link to comment
imafishboy Posted January 31, 2005 Author Share Posted January 31, 2005 the orange thing seems to a cm long and the camera i'm using is the sony one with 5.1 mp. its called the sony cybershot? nobody seems to like it, but i do. : btw, i took those shots in "magnifying glass mode"...lol Link to comment
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