What on Earth is this???

[littlefoxx]

Im kind of leaning towards a sea cockroach did you by chance use live sand when starting your tank?

Yeah it doesnt look anything like those pictures and its kinda squishy

 

[N1tew0lf1212]

I used carib sea sand, been up since November of last year

Any live rock introductions? Looks like an isopod shell but is a little different im windering if you had live rock and live sand uf ut might have been laid before putting into your tank and has grown since. Especially in live sand if conditions are good and biome is good.

 

[N1tew0lf1212]

Hiw big is it can you do a size comparison to a regular household product so we can poss. see the size

 

[littlefoxx]

Hiw big is it can you do a size comparison to a regular household product so we can poss. see the size

Its probably a centimeter and a half. And I did all dry rock from my LFS when I set the tank up

 

[littlefoxx]

Its probably a centimeter and a half. And I did all dry rock from my LFS when I set the tank up

For a household item, I would say maybe a tad longer than a standard dice

 

[N1tew0lf1212]

Hmmmm interesting could be some kind of isopod but not sure i would at this point just keep it out of the tank since there is no clear id and who knows where it might have come from. Would you be interested in trying to uncurl it or grab with tweezers and try and get a picture of the underside....

 

[N1tew0lf1212]

Maybe sand flea but hard to tell from picture

 

[littlefoxx]

Hmmmm interesting could be some kind of isopod but not sure i would at this point just keep it out of the tank since there is no clear id and who knows where it might have come from. Would you be interested in trying to uncurl it or grab with tweezers and try and get a picture of the underside....

Yes I will when I get home. Its in an acclimation box right now

 

[AydenLincoln]

Hmmmm interesting could be some kind of isopod but not sure i would at this point just keep it out of the tank since there is no clear id and who knows where it might have come from. Would you be interested in trying to uncurl it or grab with tweezers and try and get a picture of the underside....

I agree with some type of isopod! @ISpeakForTheSeas Any thoughts?

 

[jabberwock]

Yes I will when I get home. Its in an acclimation box right now

What if it is not in the box when you get home and you can't find it again? How will you ever sleep in that house again?

Following.

 

[N1tew0lf1212]

What if it is not in the box when you get home and you can't find it again? How will you ever sleep in that house again?

Following.

I laugh out of absolute terror about this

 

[Mr_Knightley]

It almost looks Echinoderm-adjacent, with the rows of little tentacles and tough skin. Could it maybe be a form of sea cucumber? A know that several cuke species will tighten into a ball when disturbed, like the first pic.

 

[littlefoxx]

What if it is not in the box when you get home and you can't find it again? How will you ever sleep in that house again?

Following.

Welp guess I gotta torch the house if its not in there!!! Lol

 

[littlefoxx]

So I came home and he has extended some. Has a white circled mouth. Here are pictures

 

[littlefoxx]

Okay so its also aware and moving much more now. Not sure if it was scared or is nocturnal

 

[AydenLincoln]

So I came home and he has extended some. Has a white circled mouth. Here are pictures

It definitely doesn’t look like an isopod now. Although unsure what it is.

 

[Tired]

Well, it's somethin'! Though I'm not sure what. Probably some sort of worm. I'd suggest a quick 100% water change (i.e. dump the cup's water back into the tank and fill it again) to help keep it alive while folks try and figure out what it is.

 

[Hadla]

+1 on burn the house down if you can’t find it

 

[littlefoxx]

Its still in the acclimation box. Its now back to being all curled up, kinda leads me to think it might be nocturnal.

 

[littlefoxx]

Been googling and cant find anything that looks like it