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SleepyPirate 06-02-2011 10:03 PM

Coral Identification please!
 
Recently bought Live rock used and it came with a few coral atteched, could someone help identify them! Little blurry did my best was moving them around so its a bit dirty looking lol. The last picture is hard to see but there is a dozen of these guys so I hope there not bad.



http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images...602155040.jpg/
http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images...602155048.jpg/
http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images...602155054.jpg/
http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images...602155121.jpg/

Chowder 06-02-2011 10:09 PM

#1 Watermelon Mushroom
#2 tube worm
#3 is it hard or soft?
#4 Can't tell maybe brown polyps or hydroids?

SleepyPirate 06-02-2011 10:18 PM

Its soft and are any of them bad? I also have a Bristle worm its reddish its living inside a live rock is it a concern?

Chowder 06-02-2011 10:22 PM

#4 if it is hydroids which I can not confirm. Would need a clearer picture can be a problem. Try posting a clearer picture.


#3 woukld be some kind of soft coral (finger,devils hand) but would have to grow more to get a positive ID.


1,2,3 are not harmfull and are good corals.


Chris

Leah 06-02-2011 10:23 PM

2 looks like a feather duster

Chowder 06-02-2011 10:25 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by SleepyPirate (Post 616924)
Its soft and are any of them bad? I also have a Bristle worm its reddish its living inside a live rock is it a concern?

Bristle worms are good scavengers you would not want to pick it up with your bare hands. They can cause a skin reaction but nothing to be concerned about.


Chris

Chowder 06-02-2011 10:26 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Leah (Post 616926)
2 looks like a feather duster

You are right.

SleepyPirate 06-02-2011 10:28 PM

Heres a better picture, theres quite a few of these guys there no bigger then an inch tho mabey one that is 2"

http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images...602162541.jpg/

whatcaneyedo 06-02-2011 10:42 PM

The last one is aptasia. Someone posts a new thread about them every week so theres lots of information on them if you search.

SleepyPirate 06-02-2011 11:02 PM

Awsome thanks everyone for replys, so it looks like I need peppermint shrimp the aptasia sound like a bad pest. :cry:


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