so I've read these come naturally in live rock as hitchhikers. but one can't readily see them in your tank. not till I took all my live rock out (to try to find som missing fish, another story another post) I examined each piece & found a slew of hitchers, sorry no pics, camera fone not clear enough.
1. bristle worms of all sizes, some long fat, some babies, one really long thinner one but not so fuzzy legged, more like centipede like but still same red color. I must hae plucked a dozen or more from the rocks. + swishing up the substrate more were rooted out. kept them all in a plastic cup but all have died in their own waste. serves them right! but I'm sure I will have more in the tank/substrate.
2. snail like sticky substances not moving but thin like shell, one really black, couple dark gray. one looked like a mussel shell
3. grayish shrimpettes
4. hard tubular things
5. white spongey cottony like ball with segments under the surface & a hole like spout, the segments have become more notably pronounced. any clues here anyone?
6. a mushroom
7. a feather duster
8. aiptasia
9. long stringy mucous like substance which hangs from rock with substrate stuck to it. any clues here anyone?
10. a brownish rubbery like upside down shaped thimble like or upside down shaped baby bottle rubber nipple or shaped like an ice cream cone with the top a round like rubberband. best I can describe this newly popped up on my live rock, any clues here anyone?
so this is all I could see/find but as you can tell I don't know what 1/2 of them are.
any help in identifying would be appreciated. thks all
1. bristle worms of all sizes, some long fat, some babies, one really long thinner one but not so fuzzy legged, more like centipede like but still same red color. I must hae plucked a dozen or more from the rocks. + swishing up the substrate more were rooted out. kept them all in a plastic cup but all have died in their own waste. serves them right! but I'm sure I will have more in the tank/substrate.
2. snail like sticky substances not moving but thin like shell, one really black, couple dark gray. one looked like a mussel shell
3. grayish shrimpettes
4. hard tubular things
5. white spongey cottony like ball with segments under the surface & a hole like spout, the segments have become more notably pronounced. any clues here anyone?
6. a mushroom
7. a feather duster
8. aiptasia
9. long stringy mucous like substance which hangs from rock with substrate stuck to it. any clues here anyone?
10. a brownish rubbery like upside down shaped thimble like or upside down shaped baby bottle rubber nipple or shaped like an ice cream cone with the top a round like rubberband. best I can describe this newly popped up on my live rock, any clues here anyone?
so this is all I could see/find but as you can tell I don't know what 1/2 of them are.
any help in identifying would be appreciated. thks all
