3 ID's Please!

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  1. cuttingras

    cuttingras Starving Artist :)

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    the second pic brownish red looks like my finger leather just not fully opened yet. Does it shrink up at night and look like kinda pinkish with brown dots?

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  2. reef_guru

    reef_guru Humpback Whale

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    2nd one could also be a chili
    does the 3rd grab and curl up
     
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  3. artrichter001

    artrichter001 Fire Worm

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    Here's a night shot:

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    Doesn't look like your finger leather cuttin....
     
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  4. stylaster

    stylaster Gigas Clam

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    The center coral looks like pocillipora damicornis, it is pretty much in all tropical seas, there are huge colonies of it off of baja mexico too
     
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  5. amcarrig

    amcarrig Super Moderator

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    I second that. Also, the third pic looks like it might be some sort of sea cucumber.
     
    amcarrig, Jan 4, 2008
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  6. artrichter001

    artrichter001 Fire Worm

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    Yep! Looks just like it (pocillopora damicornis). Thanks again for all your valuable help. As for the ¿cucumbers? Should I remove them? Can they be harmful? There's aprox. 5 of them (they came in the corals).

    Here's a better pic:

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    As far as I can tell, these guys are filter feeders, so I believe I shouldn't have a problem keeping them.
     
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  7. reef_guru

    reef_guru Humpback Whale

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    if its stationary then its a filter feeder, ive had those in my tanks, never caused a problem. but dont know what there called.
     
    reef_guru, Jan 4, 2008
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  8. artrichter001

    artrichter001 Fire Worm

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    Ok. When they arrived, they were moving around, but they seem to have settled now. Will leave them, they look nice. Thanks!
     
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  9. reef_guru

    reef_guru Humpback Whale

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    mine never moved around, they came out of the rock, so you might have something different. i would still poke around to find out what they are.
     
    reef_guru, Jan 4, 2008
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  10. YellowBelly

    YellowBelly Teardrop Maxima Clam

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    The second picture is a Pocillopora.
     
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