SOMETHING reproduced

[duberii]

Microscope pic?
I try my best to make positive ID.

I’ll try and DIY a phone microscope when I get the chance

 

[duberii]

Here we go....

 

[duberii]

It's out of focus for a lot of the time, but I think you can still see it.

Also, either they all escaped from the filter floss, or there was another wave of reproduction because there's a bunch in the water column again!

 

[Mike N]

Very bizarre, I don't have a clue.
Doesn't look like crab larvae though.

 

[Sosuke]

Maybe a sea squirt larvae?

 

[duberii]

Very bizarre, I don't have a clue.
Doesn't look like crab larvae though.

I agree...

 

[duberii]

Maybe a sea squirt larvae?

Interesting... The only notable thing missing is the branched tail, which certainly could be some type of malformation, but since they all have it, I doubt it is. Also, they seem to open and close the fork, so it does seem to have some type of purpose.

 

[Sosuke]

Odd. I could only find one animal that somewhat matched your picture with the branched tail but it was a freshwater snail parasite*

 

[duberii]

Not sure if it would be too useful, but I can include ALL of the creatures I have observed in my tank, including coral, fish, and hitchhikers I have.

 

[Sosuke]

Sure maybe that might help. I had a similar experience but with hydroids, they went into larval form and hundreds were just swimming in my tank like tiny brown jellyfish

 

[Sosuke]

Another theory could be a fluke known as cecaria but I believe they are far too small than what I am seeing in the video

 

[duberii]

Ok here we go:
-1 clownfish
-1 Scooter blenny
-1 fighting conch
-1 serpent starfish
-a few nassarius snails
-cerith snails
-micro brittle stars
-munnid isopods
-copepods
-possibly hydroids
-corals (blasts,montipora,acropora,cup coral,fugia,cycloseris, acanthophyllia,cynarina,goniastrea,dendro,bowerbanki,xenia,turbinaria,micromussa,acan, clove polyps, some gsp,xenia, duncan,cyphastrea, stylo,chailce,echinata)
-rock flower anemone
-bubble tip anemone
-sporbid worms
-spinoid worms
-bristleworms
-sponges
-spagetti worms
-one tunicate (I think it may have died though)
-2 unidentified Majoidea crabs
-a fire shrimp
-astraea snails
-asterina starfish
-pineapple sponges
-aiptasia (one, working on treating it)
-blue legged hermit crabs
-some limpets
(may be more, I'll update it if so)

 

[duberii]

Another theory could be a fluke known as cecaria but I believe they are far too small than what I am seeing in the video

I did have a fish pass away from flukes, so it's certainly a possibility, but none of my fish have had any since... certainly possible that they're still in the tank though. Also, the tail appears to be far to thick. The tail of mine are thinner than a hair. Maybe something closely related?

 

[Sosuke]

Wow your tank is stocked! Alright this might be a second while I research any possible leads

 

[Sosuke]

Could be related to that though Im not sure since usually people don't see the flukes free swimming like that

 

[duberii]

Wow your tank is stocked! Alright this might be a second while I research any possible leads

Yep haha. I had to put a freeze on purchases because I have no more room for anything!

 

[Sosuke]

Couldn't find any larva that matches any of your tank inhabitants. The only matching thing was the possible tunicate since the larva look almost identical but without the forked tail. Whats your newest wet addition to the tank?

 

[duberii]

Couldn't find any larva that matches any of your tank inhabitants. The only matching thing was the possible tunicate since the larva look almost identical but without the forked tail. Whats your newest wet addition to the tank?

Newest addition was some coral. Certainly could have carried in a tunicate. The tail for those also look quite thick though.

 

[Sosuke]

Yes like a tadpole but they're very small so maybe in microscopic its big but to us its small. Can't believe nobody has cracked it yet

 

[duberii]

Yes like a tadpole but they're very small so maybe in microscopic its big but to us its small. Can't believe nobody has cracked it yet

Any advice on how I should raise them? Maybe I could isolate a few and try to raise them. I have some reef roads and/or amino acids I could try and see if they take to...