Critter id.

[jpontier212]

I have had my 24g nano jbj cube set up for a couple of months. My rocks i got from a lfs cured but obviously with critters attached. Need some id please. Also red hair like algae on my substrate. Star looking thing on my glass, snail looking white worm thing on the rock and polyp looking thing under a rock.

 

[ReeferMaddness843]

The stars look like asterina stars. White ones are ok in reef, brown ones may eat zoas and the such. The give away on those are they rarely have all digits the same length.

 

[jpontier212]

The stars look like asterina stars. White ones are ok in reef, brown ones may eat zoas and the such. The give away on those are they rarely have all digits the same length.

Do they randomly appear? Or hitchhike on a new torch coral maybe? Or live rock? No new rock though.

 

[Alanc425]

+1 on Asterina star
Red Stuff is cyanobacteria
Cant really see the worm
Polyp looks like a random wild polyp

 

[ReeferMaddness843]

Hitchhiker. If nutrient rich water they may multiply. I found one in my tank one time and have never seen it again however.

 

[ReeferMaddness843]

+1 cyano
I just beat it in my tank with h202 dosing and manual removal.

 

[jpontier212]

+1 on Asterina star
Red Stuff is cyanobacteria
Cant really see the worm

The worm has 2 little antennas on I'm thinking a sea slug of some sort.

 

[Alanc425]

Does it move around or is it attached to the rock?

 

[ReeferMaddness843]

If can get clearer pic can get better ID. May be a slug, nudi, or some type of worm

 

[jpontier212]

Does it move around or is it attached to the rock?

It moves around. Not attached at all. I'll try to get a better pic

 

[Alanc425]

Sounds like a spionid worm, if you want to google pics and see if that matches what you see.

 

[jpontier212]

Sounds like a spionid worm, if you want to google pics and see if that matches what you see.

No it doesn't look like that at all. It's more slug looking than worm. 2 short antennas with a little black on the tips of the antennas. Its too far away to zoom properly

 

[erinmegan85]

No it doesn't look like that at all. It's more slug looking than worm. 2 short antennas with a little black on the tips of the antennas. Its too far away to zoom properly

Probably a stomatella snail. Just do a search for one either on here or on Google and see if that's it. They're a pretty common hitchhiker. The stars are astrenia starfish for sure. They can come in on rock, frags, etc.

 

[jpontier212]

Probably a stomatella snail. Just do a search for one either on here or on Google and see if that's it. They're a pretty common hitchhiker. The stars are astrenia starfish for sure. They can come in on rock, frags, etc.

Stomatella snail look kinda oval in shape and the ones in my tank are more narrow. Like a worm in construction but with the head of a snail. I've never seen one before

 

[erinmegan85]

Check out this link and see if you see anything similar:

http://www.lionfishlair.com/hitchhiker.shtml