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02-11-2008, 03:36 PM
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| | Bristle Worm
Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: vancouver, canada
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 |  Help with ID plz
Ive got a LR from the LFS, its quite small but fortunately had some zoanthids growing. Can anyone id these guys with a certain name? or type of zoo?
other info on their living conditions would be appreciated.
The other thing is these tiny white critter which appear as white specs on the glass not really sure what they are or if this is something to worry about. plz let me know. i clean the glass daily and they re-appear the next morning.they dont seem to be harming anything but they are everywhere and are possibly spreading. I first noticed them yesterday.
its almost impossible to get a pic to show but ReefSparky has a good pic from a thread a while back. Hope he dosent mind me borrowing his pic. _________ 29 g biocube First tank ever 
25 lbs LR
20 lbs LS
1 oceanic protein skimmer
Filter In Middle Chamber: sponge+bioballs+Seachem biofiltration media+2 bags of activated carbon all under a drip tray.
10,000k power compact
actinic pc
3 moonlight LED
1 domino damsel
1 peppermint shrimp
2 scarlet hermits
3 hermits
3 spiny astria snails
2 turbo snails
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02-11-2008, 03:40 PM
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| | Giant Squid
Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Elizabethtown, IN Age: 40
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They are pods, good sign your tank is healthy. You will be able to get an mandrian before too long if you like them. _________ Scott 265g (Peninsula)
3x400w MH's, 4x95w Actinics, AAT Lunar Lights, OM 4-way CL, PM Bullet 3 Skimmer, DelZone Eclipse 1 O3 Generator, WavySea Plus for return, AAT Kalk Reactor, KNOP Ca Reactor w/PM Second Chamber, TradeWinds Chiller, ACIII Controller, Oceanus ATO, PM PO4 Reactor, 75g Sump, 30g Fuge Born March 5, 2007 My 265 Gal. Tank Thread " REAL TIME TANK STATS "   | 
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02-11-2008, 03:45 PM
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| | Bristle Worm
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A mandrin is actually on my future fish list. this makes me happy. will they keep growing or will i have to encourage growth? Any ideas on the zoas are they just the generic variety? | |
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02-11-2008, 03:52 PM
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| | Giant Squid
Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Elizabethtown, IN Age: 40
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Not much into softies but Geekdafied could answer that one for you. | |
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02-11-2008, 04:43 PM
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| | Bristle Worm
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i just stumbled across another one of reefsparky's loupe pics and he seems to be convinced that the first pic is a HYDROID? and the second is an actual pod.
Can anyone confirm this and possibly add some "need to know" info on these critters?  | |
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02-12-2008, 11:08 AM
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| | 3reef Moderator
Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Wethersfield, CT Age: 38
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Originally Posted by NU-2reef  i just stumbled across another one of reefsparky's loupe pics and he seems to be convinced that the first pic is a HYDROID? and the second is an actual pod.
Can anyone confirm this and possibly add some "need to know" info on these critters? | Yes, first pic is a hydroid and the second pic is a copepod. Neither are harmful but the hydroid may grow up to be an aiptasia. I wouldn't worry about that for the time being though. | |
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02-12-2008, 11:23 AM
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| | Feather Duster
Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Sacramento, California
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Only you youngsters could see those things. Even with a magnifying glass  , it's a challenge for us geriatric reefers! _________ Linda 29g Nano 2 FSL 8000k 36w & 2 AquaLux 36w Blue Pump: 1200 LPH; Maxi-Jet 600 Powerhead 100w Visi Stealth submersible heater 15 lbs. live rock 20 lbs. live sand LIVESTOCK: 1 cleaner shrimp; Asst. snails, 1 emerald crab, Pierre the Cleaner Shrimp and acrobat extraordinnaire, 1 button polyp, 1 green star polyp, 1 red mushroom, 1 Xenia, 1 octopus coral, 1 torch, 1 frogspawn, 1 tree coral, 1 stag coral. Established: 6/20/07 | |
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02-12-2008, 12:27 PM
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| | Torch Coral
Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: valencia,pa. Age: 35
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the pod is good for your tank and the hydroid should eventually go away.
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55 gallon reef with 4x54 watt t5,29 gallon sump,red monti cap,1blue echinophyllia,trumpet,red lobo,2 toadstools 1purple and 1neon,gsp,xenia and yellow xenia,red ,many mushrooms,2 giant frilly shrooms,cabbage coral,yellow polyps,many zoos,1 orange and one neon green nepthia,duncans,cladiella | |
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02-12-2008, 01:14 PM
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| | Bristle Worm
Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: vancouver, canada
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Once again thank you all, much appreciated. LOL LINDA. i think my avatar could lend you his glasses. | |
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