[Avid_aquarist]

hello, i have a few creatures on my live rock and was wondering if they are sutable.

1) Chitons: i have two, one 1/2" and 1/6". ive read that they eat calcarous algae, anyone have these? pet or pest?

2) worms, live in calcarous tube attached to live rock, they secrete a silk/spider web stuff...

3)small anenome, maby aiptasia, whats the best way to safely remove it... would my NO floursents kill it anyways?

4) nudibrach of some kind, i think, looked like a anenome but with very short tenticles and a body under it that moved.

ill try to get some pictures but i dispise digital cameras and the one i have to use is reeeaaallly *explative deleted*.

thanks a lot!

[Reefland]

Originally Posted by Avid_aquarist

1) Chitons: i have two, one 1/2" and 1/6". ive read that they eat calcarous algae, anyone have these? pet or pest?

Chitons aren't harmful, they are typically nice additions to help control algae, like various snails. They are known to remove coralline algae but in such small amounts, you'll hardly notice once the coralline starts growing rapidly.

2) worms, live in calcarous tube attached to live rock, they secrete a silk/spider web stuff...

This is a Vermetid Snail, which does not look like a snail. They live in these small tubes and throw out this sticky web to catch food. The only warning with these is that the end of the tubes can be very sharp, so don't get cut!

3)small anenome, maby aiptasia, whats the best way to safely remove it... would my NO floursents kill it anyways?

Lighting will not kill Aiptasia sp. so you should look at other possible types of extraction. Injection with kalk paste, boiling water or Joice's Juice have all been reported as successful. The key is to remove it quickly before they reproduce!

4) nudibrach of some kind, i think, looked like a anenome but with very short tenticles and a body under it that moved.

Would definitely need a picture here. The problem with Nudibrachs is proper nutrition.