Newcomer questions

[keddre]

I'm back. I'm still waiting for my tank to cycle, but I was wondering if anyone knows what these two news hitchhikers are?

 

[Vance]

#1 I can't see anything in the picture. Look up ball anemone though.

#2 are feather dusters, these ones stay small and make a ridged calcium tube

 

[keddre]

Thanks Vance. I wanted I better picture, but I couldn't focus.

I was hoping feather dusters, but I have only seen them in pictures and wasn't sure.
Thank you

 

[keddre]

I was looking online and honestly I can't tell. Here is a better picture though, if anyone else can

 

[domination2580]

As for the worm it looks like a harmless bristle worm. Some people like them, others don't but all they will do is eat detritus or left over food. They will help with your and sand bed as well.

 

[keddre]

I'm back. Is this the horrible aptasia I've heard about?

 

[Duke4Life]

I'm back. Is this the horrible aptasia I've heard about?

Aiptasia ahhhh nuisance they are. I'm just now starting to make headway on an outbreak I have of these. Superglue, if possible raise rock til these are above and look like blobs, then glue and place back in, the water will set the glue.

 

[keddre]

I'm sorry Duke, but are they aptasia? I have two pictures I think are, but I've never seen it in person so I'm not sure.

 

[Vance]

First yes, second is a ball anemone. Superglue and sealing them in works well, kalk paste as well. Nip this in the butt now before they take over

 

[Duke4Life]

My favorite in killing these is either superglue like I mentioned above or take rock and place in water 92-94 degrees (they pop off and float in the water, downside is it kills anything else that may be on or in rock

First yes, second is a ball anemone. Superglue and sealing them in works well, kalk paste as well. Nip this in the butt now before they take over

+1

 

[Duke4Life]

They typically come in on frags, that's how I got mine. Another reason to quarantine everything.

 

[keddre]

Thanks you too, I will try glue as the ball anemone and a feather duster is also on that rock. Since I just got that piece today, they shouldn't be too far yet

 

[keddre]

Thanks everyone. With my parameters final perfect, I got some polyps and will add some new corals and anemones bi-weekly.

Here is a picture of what you helped me build. The stuff on the sand is the red algae that people like (it fell off the rock near my pump).

 

[keddre]

New pic. Just got to removing the aptiasia via extreme saltwater dip

 

[Duke4Life]

No anemone for 6 months preferably a year :p
Looks good, nice job!

 

[keddre]

Last two visible questions. First, I never really got an answer on the saltwater version of trumpet snails. What is a snail that reproduces "quickly" and will burrow, keeping the sand moving?

Two) here is the layout I was thinking. Anyone have any foreseeable problems. Mainly compatibility as I couldn't see any online.

Already have: tiny feather dusters, tiny hitch hiking bubble anemone, hitch hiking sponges, red/blue bristle worms and button polyps

Week four) zoanthids, waving xenia and Kenyan tree coral

Week six) micro bristle starfish

Month two) two blue legged hermits

Month six) bubble anemone

Everything will have supplemental feedings

 

[Vance]

Hows the tank progressing? Cerths bury and one of the few that successfully reproduce. You never mentioned your lighting... Bubble tip anemones need some pretty extreme light. That wasn't in your original plan so I never asked what you were planning for light. Feather dusters dont care. Now that your adding coral and photosynthetic inverts...

 

[domination2580]

As far as the snails they are called nassarius snails. They have long mouths and dig in the sand to keep the samd bed stirred.