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Old 06-02-2011, 10:03 PM
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Default 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.



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Old 06-02-2011, 10:09 PM
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#1 Watermelon Mushroom
#2 tube worm
#3 is it hard or soft?
#4 Can't tell maybe brown polyps or hydroids?
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Old 06-02-2011, 10:18 PM
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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?

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Old 06-02-2011, 10:22 PM
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#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.


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Old 06-02-2011, 10:23 PM
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2 looks like a feather duster
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Old 06-02-2011, 10:25 PM
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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.


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Old 06-02-2011, 10:26 PM
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2 looks like a feather duster
You are right.
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Old 06-02-2011, 10:28 PM
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Heres a better picture, theres quite a few of these guys there no bigger then an inch tho mabey one that is 2"

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Old 06-02-2011, 10:42 PM
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The last one is aptasia. Someone posts a new thread about them every week so theres lots of information on them if you search.
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Old 06-02-2011, 11:02 PM
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Awsome thanks everyone for replys, so it looks like I need peppermint shrimp the aptasia sound like a bad pest.
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