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Hello all,
I setup a tank on Sunday and added the live rock, everything is looking good... I have been checking morning and night looking for little critters and this morning I spotted one. The only problem is I don't know what it could be!
It obviously came in on the live rock. I have checked all the ID threads I can find and various sites but I can't seem to find this particular brand of critter.
I apologise for the picture. It isn't the best as I took it from far and only spotted it as I was leaving the house...
Here's what I know about it:
Brown
Approximately 1.5cm-2cm long
Round, about the same height as it is wide - roughly 1cm?
Has a "split" back, look a bit like a weird peach
It moves, in the time I was watching it (about 5 minutes) it went from its spot to the top of the ridge, stopping a few times as it went.
I've attached a picture that's kind of far away, I will try and get a better one when I get home. What you can see in the picture is the entirety of it that I could see as it moved about. There were no legs poking out.
It's much bigger than I was expecting a hitchhiker to be after only 48 hours. That made me panic a little bit. I was looking for tiny baby sea monkey sized things. Then saw this.
I hope it's nothing. I am new to the hobby. Been a fresh water aquarium hobbyist for many years and we've just got our own house and convinced the wife to let me get the marine tank I have been wanting for ages.
I setup a tank on Sunday and added the live rock, everything is looking good... I have been checking morning and night looking for little critters and this morning I spotted one. The only problem is I don't know what it could be!
It obviously came in on the live rock. I have checked all the ID threads I can find and various sites but I can't seem to find this particular brand of critter.
I apologise for the picture. It isn't the best as I took it from far and only spotted it as I was leaving the house...
Here's what I know about it:
Brown
Approximately 1.5cm-2cm long
Round, about the same height as it is wide - roughly 1cm?
Has a "split" back, look a bit like a weird peach
It moves, in the time I was watching it (about 5 minutes) it went from its spot to the top of the ridge, stopping a few times as it went.
I've attached a picture that's kind of far away, I will try and get a better one when I get home. What you can see in the picture is the entirety of it that I could see as it moved about. There were no legs poking out.
It's much bigger than I was expecting a hitchhiker to be after only 48 hours. That made me panic a little bit. I was looking for tiny baby sea monkey sized things. Then saw this.
I hope it's nothing. I am new to the hobby. Been a fresh water aquarium hobbyist for many years and we've just got our own house and convinced the wife to let me get the marine tank I have been wanting for ages.