Hitchhiker images? You have?

[RondaGP]

Social Feather Duster (although this one has been a loner so far - about 2 years)

 

[dizzy]

This guy is about 7mm in length. I found it crawling on the glass, but I suspect it is eating zoanthids or other soft corals. In the top picture you are looking at its back and in the bottom picture its belly. Is it possible this Berghia verrucicornis? I have noticed there are more smaller ones in the tank as well so it appears to be reproducing.
Mitch

 

[Razor]

I've been told it's a Chiton.

 

[radar!]

how about this hairy little guy!
(family - xanthidae? Pilumnus?) i have a pic in one of my books that looks similar to this little devil.

 

[cricas]

White Flatworm

Hello Guy,

Is this flatworm a "bad guy".... I have some in my tank, and my corals are just fine.

 

[Anonymous]

White Flatworms probably eat Copepods and other small pods.

 

[psuedo74]

Guy

hi

i just noticed the size of that bristleworm and i was wondering if it ever ate any of your fish or caused any kinds of problems because I have one similar sized

thanks

 

[Anonymous]

Nope. It lives in a Ocellaris grow-out tank with clownfish ranging in size from 1/4" up to 3/4". They even sleep on the sand next to it and it has never bothered anything living. I like it to be in the tank because it is really good at cleaning up the food that the Clownfish miss.

 

[psuedo74]

perhaps it does not "like" clownfish?? Or they have a good defense?

I could swear mine has nailed a few of my fish, mostly they are small, rock dwelling fishes, like a baby Hippo, Royal gramma, Anthias...Guess Ill never know I get so many different opinions on the fish penchant of Bristles(large ones)...

Nope. It lives in a Ocellaris grow-out tank with clownfish ranging in size from 1/4" up to 3/4". They even sleep on the sand next to it and it has never bothered anything living. I like it to be in the tank because it is really good at cleaning up the food that the Clownfish miss.

 

[Anonymous]

Did yours have 5 tentacles and irridescent scales? There are species of Bristleworms that eat fish. One such type spins a slime cocoon around a sleeping fish which kills the fish. The worm then eats the dead fish.

 

[Oldsaint]

Hey everyone new to your site. This is a neat thread. Here's my contribution. It's been in my 260 for about a year. Stays in the general vicinity of one rock. When it's just sitting there it's about 4" long. I've seen it stretch 8"-9" to another rock when it moves. Best ID I've got on it is a Cryptoplax larvaeformis. Not sure if that's right because of the size of it.

 

[ToeCutter]

This guy is about 7mm in length. I found it crawling on the glass, but I suspect it is eating zoanthids or other soft corals. In the top picture you are looking at its back and in the bottom picture its belly. Is it possible this Berghia verrucicornis? I have noticed there are more smaller ones in the tank as well so it appears to be reproducing.
Mitch

it's not a Berghia verrucicornis (you should be so lucky - they only eat aiptasia).

 

[garagebrian]

I got this nudibranch hitchhiker, tentatively identified as a Spurilla neapolitana, but that is still questionable. It eats both "tulip" anemones and aiptasia. I have two of them and they are laying eggs left and right, but no babies have developed.

Brian

 

[ToeCutter]

It eats both "tulip" anemones and aiptasia. I have two of them and they are laying eggs left and right, but no babies have developed.

Brian

Are they laying free-floating egg coils or do they stick to something? I'd be interested in getting some of the eggs into the hands of berghia breeders. There may be many animals that would eat baby nudis in your reef system.

Where are you located?

 

[garagebrian]

It eats both "tulip" anemones and aiptasia. I have two of them and they are laying eggs left and right, but no babies have developed.

Brian

Are they laying free-floating egg coils or do they stick to something? I'd be interested in getting some of the eggs into the hands of berghia breeders. There may be many animals that would eat baby nudis in your reef system.

Where are you located?

I live in Houston, TX and might be able to ship some eggs, they are not free floating, but can easily be removed whole from the side of the containers. I am following the breeding instructions from Dr Calfo's article and also a couple more details articles(I don't have them with me right now), but no luck on hatching them yet. They are all in bare bottomed cups and buckets, no predators. I'm trying to locate smaller aiptasia to feed them.

B.

 

[sailmike]

Here's mine:

Staurocladia oahuensis, a hydrozoan jellyfish about 1-2mm in diameter.

 

[wade1]

Nice pictures so far all. Keep them coming!

We'll compile the images into a brand new HHFAQ in the future. Let us know if you want your username or real name used to tag your images for the purpose.

Thanks!
Wade

 

[Anonymous]

Zuzara Venosa. Sometimes referred to as Marine Pills.

Here's a link to more information about them.

Louey

 

[testvulnerabilites]

damn all thats animals are very stranges !!

 

[getsteppin]

NOT AT ALL POSTITIVE IF THIS A LEATHER CORAL, MUSHROOM.we had a maroon mushroom die off in the tank over a year ago... BUT IT SHOWE UP A MONTH AGO DIRECTLY IN THE WATER STREAM, AT THE HIGHEST POINT ON THE HIGHEST ROCK IN THE REEF AND THE CLSOEST TO THE PC LITES