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  1. Swisswiss

    Swisswiss Caribbean Reef Squid

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    hello all,

    I turn to your knowledge once more as i have finally decided to bomb you with all the things i cant recognize in my tank.

    the last image (what seems like a duster on my glass) has been intriguing me for a while, it finally grew large enough to take a picture it might have been the first Hydroid (it has small moving arms similar to a hydroid) that appeared but compared to the others i have this one is definitely a giant
     

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  2. ReefBruh

    ReefBruh Giant Squid

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    Looks like you have some aptasia, a mahano(I dont know how to spell it) anemone, zoas and feather dusters. the two other creatures I dont know but I would remove to be safe.
     
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  3. Swisswiss

    Swisswiss Caribbean Reef Squid

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    there are apitasia around those brown discs with the green dot in them, there is no way those can be apitasia, at night they close like a mushroom would
     
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  4. TritonsGarden

    TritonsGarden 3reef Sponsor

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    #1 is a colonial tunicate. Harmless filter feeder and kinda cool.
    #2 is a zoanthid.
    #3 and 4 are aiptasia.
    #5 is possibly an aiptasia.
     
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  5. ReefBruh

    ReefBruh Giant Squid

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    #5 on the glass? It looked like a crab at first but you might be right.
     
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  6. 2in10

    2in10 Super Moderator

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    #5 looks like a hydroid or possibly aiptasia.
     
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  7. inwall75

    inwall75 Giant Squid

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    The green thing is spindleweed (Neomeris annulata)
     
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  8. Corailline

    Corailline Super Moderator

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    It is a dry heat, yeah right !
    That majano in image #4, you had better kill asap and all others like it. I have the same type and they are a nightmare to say the least.
     
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  9. Mr. Bill

    Mr. Bill Native Floridian

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    #3 are zoas if you're referring to the small colony in the shadow of the rock under the large aiptasia.
     
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  10. Ashevillian

    Ashevillian Pajama Cardinal

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    what would the brown disks with the green dot be considered? i have a few of those growing on a piece of live rock...

    the tiny little glass anemones shouldn't be a problem i have them on my live rock and they do not get much bigger than a dime
     
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