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  1. lloydy

    lloydy Astrea Snail

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    just noticed this on the live rock, hope the picture is clear enough.
     

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  2. slocal

    slocal Doot!

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    looks almost like an old barnicle
     
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    Tangster 3reef Sponsor

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    You have to love L/R all that bio diversity .. and algae ): Best get a serious clean up crew in there asap and some emerald crabs and test the ca and DKH and Mag see where thats is along with nitrates ou do not want that to get out of control
     
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  4. lloydy

    lloydy Astrea Snail

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    i hate algae also, got me a few snails coming tomorrow which should hopefully clean it up :).

    A barnicle, possibly, but it looks like a curled up sort of worm? it has a mouth sort of thing, and was also eating some cloudy looking thing earlier. (the mouth seems to be at the top) also i have never noticed it there before, and i spend quite a bit of time looking at my tank.
     
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  5. lloydy

    lloydy Astrea Snail

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    ok, so still dont know what it is.
    it sends out sort of a web, then pulls it back in and eats everything.
    any ideas?
    its grown a little now
     
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  6. Kirklandp

    Kirklandp Coral Banded Shrimp

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    maybe some type of a worm?
     
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  7. papareef

    papareef Feather Duster

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    It's a vermetid snail,some are small diameter upright tubes,but some look like a circular snail shell on it's side,in a semi circle.They send out there web to capture any fine food,out of your water column.Their web can arritate sps,i had the same species on a cap.I carefully destroyed the shell,and the cap grew over that area.
     
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  8. Bunner

    Bunner Bubble Tip Anemone

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    +1 on the old barnacle.

    btw looks like you have some dinos there... that brown slime with the bubbles in it. if thats the case it nothing eats the crap... i have the same stuff.
     
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