Need help identifing........

[mennazeher04]

I dont have a picture of it cuz my camera is too damn blurry but it looks like a snail but with no shell. It is all white with a red and black checkered back. He has to white tentacles things it looks like coming out of his butt. Sorry no pic right now he wont get close enough to the glass for my camera to focus but hopefully i can get one soon.

 

[messiah023]

Some sort of nudi or cuc it sounds like. Without a pic, we're shooting in the dark?

 

[mennazeher04]

Does anyone know of a website that you can look up pics to help identify creatures in your tanks?

 

[yote]

See if you can ID it here
http://www.chucksaddiction.com/Hitchsnails.html
I'm guessing it a Stomatella snail.

 

[Bifferwine]

And www.melevsreef.com/id is another good one.

 

[mennazeher04]

hey thanks Yote and Biff for the websites, but I have some pictures that I need help to identify. Thanks for all the help.

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[yote]

That first pic is a type of stony coral thats non-photosynthic.

 

[mennazeher04]

That first pic is a type of stony coral thats non-photosynthic.

thanks Yote, but what does that actually mean? All of these inverts came on my LR, I just want to know if something should be removed or not? When I was looking through the website you and Biff gave me, I found a couple pests that I saw in my tank which are the Cirolanid Isopods, Mantis shrimp, and tons of Aiptasia anemones. So any pointers will be greatly appreciated, thanks

 

[dustin_P74]

non photosynthetic means it isnt getting any food from the lights and you have to feed it every day to every other day for it to live

 

[mennazeher04]

would anyone possible know a name for them or is it to hard to tell? Also what type of food should they be fed?

 

[mennazeher04]

hey also i just wanted to say that the picture on the far right, there has been long yellow brownish string coming out of its hole on its side. What does that mean? Is it bad or is pooping....lol? Need help because if its bad i need to remove immediatly. Thanks for the help

 

[Bifferwine]

Those are definitely weird looking hitch hikers. I doubt they are dangerous. The one on the right looks to be some sort of tunicate. Does it have one hole? Tunicates are harmless, but usually don't live very long once they hitch hike in to our tanks.

The others could be sponges or corals. They are definitely not common pest hitch hikers, so you can breath easy about that.

Non photosynthetic corals will usually take meaty foods such as mysis shrimp, when their tentacles are extended.

 

[yote]

would anyone possible know a name for them or is it to hard to tell? Also what type of food should they be fed?

I cant remember the name of em.But they respond real well to reef snow and brightwell aquatics zooplanktos-L.

 

[mennazeher04]

Those are definitely weird looking hitch hikers. I doubt they are dangerous. The one on the right looks to be some sort of tunicate. Does it have one hole? Tunicates are harmless, but usually don't live very long once they hitch hike in to our tanks.

The others could be sponges or corals. They are definitely not common pest hitch hikers, so you can breath easy about that.

Non photosynthetic corals will usually take meaty foods such as mysis shrimp, when their tentacles are extended.

hey Biff on the one pic on the right it has the hole on its side which you can see and then there is another on its side (top, the left part of it). Also how do you get rid of the isopods that i mentioned ealrier. How do you actually feed the coral with the mysis shrimp or zooplankton? Is there a certain way or procedure? Thanks again.

 

[Bifferwine]

I doubt that the isopods you have are predatorial, those are extremely rare. But any pod-eating fish will eat them.