Does anyone know what these are?

kandibrandy

kandibrandy

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I have a few items growing on some of my live rock, and I am not sure what it is, or if its something I should be worried about?

thanks

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Don't be fooled by the size of the items..... they are quite small compared to the pics.....
 
the first two are q-tip spounges, a harmless filter feeder who's populations will rise and fall as the avalible nutrients do.
the last one, i dont remember the exact name of it, but it is another harmless spounge.
 
thanks as we are new to this and it is only a ten gallon tank...to see how we manage. We put corals and then two clown fish, 2 cleaner shrimp and 5 snails(not sure what breed but they are common is what the lps said). We got a long tentacle anemone and it seems to be having issues. I have read that they are hard to keep but what can we do for it? It won't settle...will post a pic shortly. We have had it for a week. Our water readings as of tonight are Ammonia .25-.5
Nitrite 0
Nitrate 10
PH 8-8.2
SG - 1.021

Thanks again...

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anemones are hard to keep, especially in small tanks as and well with other fish and corals, should NEVER be kept in tanks with any measureable amonia. how old is the tank?
if it has NH3 in it i am assuming it is still cycling? if so, i would take all your live stock, including fish and inverts back to the LFS for credit because it is cruel to keep them in such an environment and they could easily die.
how old is th tank?
 
The tank is 1 1/2 months old, and we have had livestock for approx 1 week now. As far as we have been told there will always be some sort of ammonia lvl present, The lps we have been dealing with told us that as long as it is lower then .3 we are within acceptable limits. Everything in the tank seems fine so far, with the exception of the anemone. Is the information I've been told incorrect?


thanks
 
there will always be SOME amonia, but it is always quickly broken down so it is at untestable levels. so this is not correct. you fish may survive at constant levels of .25 for a while, but not for too long. and for any corals and epsecialy anems, amonia will cause even more havoc than it will to the fish in the tank.
how did you previously cycle the tank?
 
Anemones need very stable water conditions....that's why keeping them in smaller tanks and very new setups doesn't work for them.

I've had a knowledgeable reef keeper tell me that anemones aren't so difficult........as long as the tank is stable.......I'd bring it back and wait a year before trying another one.

And...you should NOT be detecting any ammonia in your tank once it's cycled properly.....chock another one up for the oh so helpful lfs staff.... :rolleyes:

ALWAYS always.....double check on any info you get from the lfs...... ;)
 
Emg said:
Anemones need very stable water conditions....that's why keeping them in smaller tanks and very new setups doesn't work for them.

I've had a knowledgeable reef keeper tell me that anemones aren't so difficult........as long as the tank is stable.......I'd bring it back and wait a year before trying another one.

And...you should NOT be detecting any ammonia in your tank once it's cycled properly.....chock another one up for the oh so helpful lfs staff.... :rolleyes:

ALWAYS always.....double check on any info you get from the lfs...... ;)
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well put couldnt have said it better myself.
i have kept nems in nano aquariums but its not an easy job
 
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