Need a hitchhiker ID

[~*LuvMyKribs*~]

Hey guys,

Setup a new seahorse/pipefish tank with some liverock and got these little buggers on the glass. There's not too many, but they are slowly multiplying. They are approximately 3mm in diameter.

What the heck are they, and are they harmful?

Thanks
-Diana

 

[~*LuvMyKribs*~]

Ahhh got it. Hydroid (good thing I checked ALL the pages of the hitchhiker id thread BEFORE I posted.... *duh* ).


Anyways, are they bad for seahorse and pipefish? I know they are bad for dwarves...


-Diana

 

[ragc]

I have them too...have not noticed anything evil about them... By the way, those are fantastic photos! What did you use?

 

[YoFishboy]

Here are a few sites that address the issue (which you may have already found)....

http://www.seahorse.org/library/articles/seahorseCulture.shtml

http://www.syngnathid.org/articles/dwarfKeeping.html

http://www.breedersregistry.org/Articles/v3_i2_vincent/shorse_n2.htm

It appears that they are mainly a threat to the babies and a competitor for the same food that seahorses eat, particularly small brine shrimp nauplii.

 

[~*LuvMyKribs*~]

I have them too...have not noticed anything evil about them... By the way, those are fantastic photos! What did you use?

Thanks! Its a Nikon D70 w/ 60mm macro

YoFishboy, thanks for the links I'll check them out. I just lost a pipefish due to a eye infection of some sort (couldnt see, couldnt eat). I left it (by advice) until the eye clouded over. I attempted to medicate him today but he was just too stressed I guess.

So I was just concerned maybe the hydroids gave him that bad eye, but it could have been some other sort of injury?

-Diana