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September 5th, 2008, 12:31 AM
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Help...!>!>!>!>
ok there is this huge caterpillar thing in my tank not so much huge but long like its skinny and has like lil spikes but the spikes r like hair it looks like a skinny worm... should i remove it or be worried?
also there r tiny lil baby slugs so they look like living around my starpolyps i removed them my lfs said they r keeping my stars from coming out, and they have been like closed up for a few days. are they right? they make burrows or something i was they kill ur corals. Current Aquarium(s) Description: 30gallon Oceanic Bio-Cube Experience in Saltwater & Reef Aquarium Hobby: 10 months 
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September 5th, 2008, 12:52 AM
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Re: Help...!>!>!>!>
Fishsticks,
Don't worry about the "caterpillar", its probably just a bristleworm. It will eat the junk in your tank and also assist the clean-up crew. You can use THIS site for a good visual ID. Current Aquarium(s) Description: 30 gallon, 2 clowns, starry blenny, purple wrasse, LPS, Softies, Polyps Experience in Saltwater & Reef Aquarium Hobby: Enough to put a nice dent in my bank account!
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September 5th, 2008, 02:28 AM
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Re: Help...!>!>!>!>
I'm betting bristle worm too.Actually good to have,great member of the clean up crew.
Sounds like the "slugs" are probably some type of nudibranch.Some are harmless,some feed on certian types of corals.Its a pretty good bet that if there keeping the star polyps from opening,that they may be eatting them.
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September 5th, 2008, 02:59 AM
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I agree, keep the bristleworm, and get rid of the slug things. Most likely nudibranchs, which can eat corals.
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Current Aquarium(s) Description: 240-gallon reef with a 55-gallon sump and 35-gallon refugium Experience in Saltwater & Reef Aquarium Hobby: 7 years
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September 5th, 2008, 08:44 PM
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Re: Help...!>!>!>!>
not only will the nudi eat your corals, its chances of survival are very poor and when it dies your usually dont know since it will die buried in the sand and will cause your nitrates to be out of control
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"If crime fighters fight crime and fire fighters fight fire, what do freedom fighters fight?"- George Carlin Current Aquarium(s) Description: 120 gallon with built in dual overflows Experience in Saltwater & Reef Aquarium Hobby: >1 year Other Intrests: football, paintball, workin out, saltwater fish
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September 6th, 2008, 01:30 AM
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Re: Help...!>!>!>!>
The coral eating nudis are so small that if they died, you wouldn't be able to see them anyways. And the coral eating nudis live on the corals, not in the sand.
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"If we went to a Halloween party dressed as Batman and Robin, I'd go as Robin. That's how much you mean to me... " Sarah
Current Aquarium(s) Description: 240-gallon reef with a 55-gallon sump and 35-gallon refugium Experience in Saltwater & Reef Aquarium Hobby: 7 years
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September 6th, 2008, 02:19 AM
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Re: Help...!>!>!>!>
oh...
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"If crime fighters fight crime and fire fighters fight fire, what do freedom fighters fight?"- George Carlin Current Aquarium(s) Description: 120 gallon with built in dual overflows Experience in Saltwater & Reef Aquarium Hobby: >1 year Other Intrests: football, paintball, workin out, saltwater fish
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September 6th, 2008, 08:29 AM
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Re: Help...!>!>!>!>
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Current Aquarium(s) Description: 55 gallon/20 gallon sump/Aquactinics TX5/LPS/SPS Experience in Saltwater & Reef Aquarium Hobby: 3 years Other Intrests: My truck, wakeboarding, and golf. I also enjoy working....
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September 6th, 2008, 08:01 PM
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sometimes i try and sound humble
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"If crime fighters fight crime and fire fighters fight fire, what do freedom fighters fight?"- George Carlin Current Aquarium(s) Description: 120 gallon with built in dual overflows Experience in Saltwater & Reef Aquarium Hobby: >1 year Other Intrests: football, paintball, workin out, saltwater fish
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September 8th, 2008, 11:08 AM
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lol. thank you guys, we all learn something everyday.
Current Aquarium(s) Description: 30gallon Oceanic Bio-Cube Experience in Saltwater & Reef Aquarium Hobby: 10 months
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