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I’ve had this particularly colorful gorilla crab in there. Still haven’t seen him since day 1. He’s no bigger than the tip of my thumb
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I've bought TBS rock in the past but never KP Aquatics rock (I'll check it out in person in June). I didn't like all the algae that came with the TBS rock and it had far more die off (especially sponges) than I expected. I'd was using it in a 65g shallow reef (4'x2'x14") that was mostly for local stuff I pick up at the beach or snorkeling in the Keys (legally with a license). But I wasn't crazy about it and would never consider it for a tank that was meant to be mostly coral.
My best guesses at what your photos are:
Post #4: eggs? Maybe but I doubt it. Some simple organism that probably won't survive long, more likely. But I really don't know.
Post #9: A better photo would help. My first thought was a feather duster as well, there are lots of red and white ones in the Keys. I've never seen a barnacle with colored tentacles/fan sweepers, but it's not impossible. Maybe try for a better photo?
Post #11: Isopod
Post #12: Most likely a sponge, but it could possibly be a tunicate. Again, better photo might help.
Post #13: Bristle worm.
Love the crab. Are you sure that's a gorilla crab... I'm not sure it is. The little stars are probably micro stars and the do stay small. But there's nothing wrong with having stars. I have 2 in my 40g cube, a big purple serpent star and a jewel blue brittle star that's not too big yet. You gotta love the color of the central disk!
Hello everyone! I’ve decided to buy some live rock for my tank. I’ve been able to identify a solid 70% of the things I’ve seen but I still need help with a lot of the stuff. I’ll add more to this thread as I find more stuff but I found something pretty interesting so I decided to make a thread about it and any other things I found. I recorded what I think is a baby anemone or maybe even a wacky hydroid.
Attaching the link just here to the post and I hope that works. Also a picture of it
It is curlique with presence of dart lines and ornamental in its manner. Looks so much like aptasia but is not
Interestingly enough that whole mass right there I circled is a sponge or sea squirt I believe i poked it and it retracted and is very soft. I always thought it was part of the rock.
There’s no denying it... multiple VERY loud snaps from the tank. I’ve heard it multiple times before but I always shrugged it off as the rock shifting or a bubble popping. But there’s definitely either a mantis or pistol shrimp i here. And I’m pretty sure and hoping it’s a pistol shrimp
Loud snaps likely Mantis shrimp.
Joshua, the Gulf and the Caribbean around the keys has a lot more pistol shrimp than mantis shrimp. I'd give you 5:1 odds (I think conservatively) it's a pistol shrimp. I collect them from sponges that wash up on the beach along Sanibel Island. They sound like somebody snapping their fingers. We can hear them in the dining room tank while we are in our bedroom!
Theyre generally small as hitch hikers and will run from stick, etc BUT will come out for a piece of shrimp. You will also notice clean up crew Empty shells as they will eat all the snails, shrimp, crabs, etcOoh boy I was really hoping it’d be a pistol shrimp. This tank is small as heck and I went in with tongs earlier and poked in any sizable holes looking for a snap back I got nothing. There are also no holes bigger than a quarter of an inch in the rocks but who knows