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05-19-2001, 06:03 PM
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Just Moved In
Join Date: Mar 2001
Location: MN
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Any idea what these are?
I found them growing on the submerged parts of my mangroves. The first one seems to be some kind of tiny hard shelled animals. The second seems to be some kind of white algae. The shell things are growing on several rocks in my main tank as well and there's a small piece of the white algae growing on my overflow box.
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05-19-2001, 06:07 PM
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Governor
Join Date: Aug 2000
Location: Holbrook, NewYork, USA
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the first pic is a type of mollusk mollusk (knowing me, a mollusk is a bird. [img]/ubb/tongue.gif[/img]) the second looks like something i saw at the lfs but bigger, what i saw at the lfs looked to be an anenome, cant tell for sure though
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05-19-2001, 08:18 PM
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Citizen
Join Date: Apr 2001
Location: sioux city iowa
Posts: 107
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I think the first is a tubeworm and the second might be a sponge.
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05-20-2001, 03:07 AM
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Council
Join Date: Jul 2000
Location: malta
Posts: 307
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I have hundreds of that hard shells of the first pic.
At night you can see like a duster out from the hole.. I will be interested to know what are they !!! |
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05-20-2001, 05:48 AM
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Just Moved In
Join Date: Feb 2001
Location: Edmond, OK USA
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I think the first pic is some sort of sedientary mollusk, like a vermited snail. The second pic might be foraminiferans (sp?).
--Colin |
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05-20-2001, 08:48 PM
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Moderator
Join Date: Jun 2000
Location: Louisiana
Posts: 20,330
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The first pic seems to be a species of Foraminiferans (pictured on p.27, MCRA-3) and the second pic seems to be calcareous sponge of the genus Leucosolenia (pictured on p.41, MCRA-3). In fact, the picture on page 41 shows both of your "critters" in the same shot.
Ninong [img]/ubb/biggrin.gif[/img] ------------------ Irrational Exuberance! |
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05-22-2001, 11:20 AM
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Council
Join Date: Jul 2000
Location: malta
Posts: 307
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I would be happy that NINONG answers my question on the first picture.
Are these Foraminiferans species good for a reef tank ?? (I need to know because I have hundreds attached to the glass and rocks) Thanks |
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05-22-2001, 02:10 PM
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Moderator
Join Date: Jun 2000
Location: Louisiana
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They are just a natural part of the reef environment, along with thousands of other organisms. Maybe a better question would be, "Are they harmful in a reef aquarium?"--No. Ninong [img]/ubb/smile.gif[/img] ------------------ Irrational Exuberance! |
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