Hitchhiker Identifications
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paintballer768
Active Member
I got some LR today and had some amazingly weird hitch hiker. It was mounted on a rock, and nearly translucent. I dont have any picks cu I just removed it from my tank. It was jellylike in feel on the rock, so it scraped off easy.
What it did was had a very fine, clear tentacle in the water sticking out, with little tentacles branched out from the main one, like the structure when you look at the underside of a leaf. Then it had a second tentacle it would shoot out into the water, maybe about 7" long, and retract back in. The main part of this thing was maybe 1/2" across. It never hurt anything cuz nothing was around it, but I didnt let it stay to find out. Any id please? Didnt look like any pictures in the sticky.
What it did was had a very fine, clear tentacle in the water sticking out, with little tentacles branched out from the main one, like the structure when you look at the underside of a leaf. Then it had a second tentacle it would shoot out into the water, maybe about 7" long, and retract back in. The main part of this thing was maybe 1/2" across. It never hurt anything cuz nothing was around it, but I didnt let it stay to find out. Any id please? Didnt look like any pictures in the sticky.
paintballer768
Active Member
Originally Posted by paintballer768
I got some LR today and had some amazingly weird hitch hiker. It was mounted on a rock, and nearly translucent. I dont have any picks cu I just removed it from my tank. It was jellylike in feel on the rock, so it scraped off easy.
What it did was had a very fine, clear tentacle in the water sticking out, with little tentacles branched out from the main one, like the structure when you look at the underside of a leaf. Then it had a second tentacle it would shoot out into the water, maybe about 7" long, and retract back in. The main part of this thing was maybe 1/2" across. It never hurt anything cuz nothing was around it, but I didnt let it stay to find out. Any id please? Didnt look like any pictures in the sticky.
Found out what it is. Spionids polychaete worms.
I got some LR today and had some amazingly weird hitch hiker. It was mounted on a rock, and nearly translucent. I dont have any picks cu I just removed it from my tank. It was jellylike in feel on the rock, so it scraped off easy.
What it did was had a very fine, clear tentacle in the water sticking out, with little tentacles branched out from the main one, like the structure when you look at the underside of a leaf. Then it had a second tentacle it would shoot out into the water, maybe about 7" long, and retract back in. The main part of this thing was maybe 1/2" across. It never hurt anything cuz nothing was around it, but I didnt let it stay to find out. Any id please? Didnt look like any pictures in the sticky.
Found out what it is. Spionids polychaete worms.
dub tek
New Member
I have been trying to ID since its discovery
It has NO eyes that I can see
It seams to "suck" the glass like sanils
Has snail type mouth
Has some hard spikes that are retractable on its back
spikes are (hook shaped, bone hard, brown+white)
it can vary its size by nearly 80%
around 6+1/2" in length
shrinks down to 2" curls into round coil + spikes out when disturbed
When it's understerbed it looks like pictured.
ANY HELP WITH ID WOULD BE GREAT
IS IT DANGEROUS??
HARMLESS like snail??
web links??
Thanks ALL
Dub Tek..
It has NO eyes that I can see
It seams to "suck" the glass like sanils
Has snail type mouth
Has some hard spikes that are retractable on its back
spikes are (hook shaped, bone hard, brown+white)
it can vary its size by nearly 80%
around 6+1/2" in length
shrinks down to 2" curls into round coil + spikes out when disturbed
When it's understerbed it looks like pictured.
ANY HELP WITH ID WOULD BE GREAT
IS IT DANGEROUS??
HARMLESS like snail??
web links??
Thanks ALL
Dub Tek..
yosemite sam
Active Member
It appears to be a stomatella snail. They are harmless.
samurai_sushi
Member
Originally Posted by dub tek
I have been trying to ID since its discovery
It has NO eyes that I can see
It seams to "suck" the glass like sanils
Has snail type mouth
Has some hard spikes that are retractable on its back
spikes are (hook shaped, bone hard, brown+white)
it can vary its size by nearly 80%
around 6+1/2" in length
shrinks down to 2" curls into round coil + spikes out when disturbed
When it's understerbed it looks like pictured.
ANY HELP WITH ID WOULD BE GREAT
IS IT DANGEROUS??
HARMLESS like snail??
web links??
Thanks ALL
Dub Tek..
I'm pretty sure thats a chitin, which is just an algae grazer. Go to wetwebmedia and look under chitins, I think there are some that look like that.
I have been trying to ID since its discovery
It has NO eyes that I can see
It seams to "suck" the glass like sanils
Has snail type mouth
Has some hard spikes that are retractable on its back
spikes are (hook shaped, bone hard, brown+white)
it can vary its size by nearly 80%
around 6+1/2" in length
shrinks down to 2" curls into round coil + spikes out when disturbed
When it's understerbed it looks like pictured.
ANY HELP WITH ID WOULD BE GREAT
IS IT DANGEROUS??
HARMLESS like snail??
web links??
Thanks ALL
Dub Tek..
I'm pretty sure thats a chitin, which is just an algae grazer. Go to wetwebmedia and look under chitins, I think there are some that look like that.
dub tek
New Member
Originally Posted by Samurai_Sushi
http:///forum/post/2444902
I'm pretty sure thats a chitin, which is just an algae grazer. Go to wetwebmedia and look under chitins, I think there are some that look like that.
I checked wetwebmedia and found NOTHING
I have been searching high + low to verify WHAT this is and
NO LUCK ANYWHERE...
someone else have any other ides?
http:///forum/post/2444902
I'm pretty sure thats a chitin, which is just an algae grazer. Go to wetwebmedia and look under chitins, I think there are some that look like that.
I checked wetwebmedia and found NOTHING
I have been searching high + low to verify WHAT this is and
NO LUCK ANYWHERE...
someone else have any other ides?
samurai_sushi
Member
T
tiberius
Guest
Originally Posted by Murf48
http:///forum/post/2455284
I've had this growing bigger and bigger since I did a scape change a couple of months ago. Can't tell if it's an Anemone or Coral.
Please ID
Pseudocorynactis Ball anemone
http:///forum/post/2455284
I've had this growing bigger and bigger since I did a scape change a couple of months ago. Can't tell if it's an Anemone or Coral.
Pseudocorynactis Ball anemone
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zibbyds
Guest
Originally Posted by romeofoeve
http:///forum/post/1199485
Worms, i dont have the id for them.
is this a peanut worm??? i have one in one of my rocks that looks real close to this. what is it..........help us!!!
http:///forum/post/1199485
Worms, i dont have the id for them.
is this a peanut worm??? i have one in one of my rocks that looks real close to this. what is it..........help us!!!
chellie4u2
Member
Pseudocorynactis Ball anemone.. Are they good or bad?? I have these as well and there seem to me more on other rocks??
jman72
Member
I have tons of those in my tank. They are just some mushroom anemones/mushrrom corals that lack symbiotic algae. They are harmless. I have on that is about 1 inch, and it seems like they will grow a lot in a well fed tank. However, they don't get very large (mine probably won't grow anymore).
sea n life
Member
i think this is a sundial snail but i do know it eats zoos.does anyone know for sure if this is a sundial?
