whats this?

[nanoangel]

does this need to be removed?

It came with some of the LR, and rubble I got from the LFS. Is it a flatworm? Could it cause damage to my jbj? I notice it stays on glass and slithers all the way around minding it's own business, but wanted to take early precautions...

2ndly...

When I first got this....

it was all green, but it goes from being green to brown, brown to green. Is there proper care to ensure it stays bright green as when I first got it. Now that I think of it...I dont even know the real name of this, I just picked it up because I thought it looked cute.

Lastly...
Not that I need it identified, but can anybody see why the worm has not come out? I bought it last night, I can feel it's in there wiggling when I set it on my sand bed, but the critter wont come out? water parameters are cool and everything else is happy. Is it a matter of just waiting?

 

[incysor]

does this need to be removed?

It came with some of the LR, and rubble I got from the LFS. Is it a flatworm? Could it cause damage to my jbj? I notice it stays on glass and slithers all the way around minding it's own business, but wanted to take early precautions...

Could be some type of flatworm. I'd probably remove it. It can't do any damage to the JBJ itself, and the fact that it's on the glass all the time points to one of two things. One-It's harmless, and probably eats algae. Or two-You just don't have coral or critter that's its meant to feed on.

2ndly...

When I first got this....

it was all green, but it goes from being green to brown, brown to green. Is there proper care to ensure it stays bright green as when I first got it. Now that I think of it...I dont even know the real name of this, I just picked it up because I thought it looked cute.

It's either maidens hair, if it waves around in the current, or bottle brush if it's fairly rigid. Both are macro algaes. Many types of MA change color from day to night. If it's a longer cycle than that I don't know what's going on with it. Most of the tanks I've seen these in were high-flow SPS tanks. I've tried the maidens hair before and there wasn't enough flow to keep other types of algae from growing on it and killing it.

Lastly...
Not that I need it identified, but can anybody see why the worm has not come out? I bought it last night, I can feel it's in there wiggling when I set it on my sand bed, but the critter wont come out? water parameters are cool and everything else is happy. Is it a matter of just waiting?

I'd place it in a spot with a decent amount of flow, and leave it alone.

Good luck,

B

 

[mikeguerrero]

Hi nanoangel,

That doesn't look like a flatworm, I think. It looks more like a type of slug without it's shell. Flatworms are bad because they start to multiply and thats when you get the problems.

Flatworms look a lot smaller too. As far as the green bush, it looks like it's being overgrown with bad algae.

You need to find out what type of bush it is called and try to see if you can get some nutrients for it to bloom again.

Give the featherduster worm couple more days. They will come out when they are ready. Mine shed it's crown and hid for about 2 weeks before it decided to come out.


Mike

 

[incysor]

Does the flatworm/snail have any kind of shell? Maybe somewhat flattened and covers just a small portion of it's back? If so it's abalone, and they're GOOD.

B

 

[dragon79]

to me...

Does the flatworm/snail have any kind of shell? Maybe somewhat flattened and covers just a small portion of it's back? If so it's abalone, and they're GOOD.

B

Incysor: To me it looks like it's jelly like 360 degrees of it's body, I could feel on it if you'd like. I believe it has nothing protecting it. The same way you see it pressed against the glass, is the same way I see it from the other side. My girlfriend was concerned, so I'm like confused here too, I thought it may have been a flat worm and if so I was going to scrape it and toss it.

BTW: you happen to have a link handy of a abalone snail/worm? I haven't found any yet to compare pics to help out.

 

[ExiledInfidel666]

the first is a prob a type of nudi, can you get a top view, btw thats the same as a snail w/o a shell, the algae is prob either, try burrying the body of the worm in the sand, he looks to be captive bred which is why he doesnt have the strong leather brown shell, tanks dont have the right sand bed they need to produce the strong tube so burry him so hes more protected, I think he probably shed his crown by now so do that and give him about a week to regrow

 

[Sugar Magnolia]

It's definitely a flatworm, but since we're only seeing it's underside it's hard to give you a positive ID on the species of flatworm. Scroll through these images and see if any match the markings on the top of the worms. http://www.reefimages.com Select the invertebrates scene icon at the top of the page, then scroll down and select worms. For some reason that site won't allow a copy and paste of the specific species index pages.

 

[Narkon'n'more]

Not all flatworms are need to be worried about, so you need to id it, before you go the "Flatworm Exit" route. I had a clearish kind, with a black dot, Dr so-n-so on RC told me it would die off on its on, after about 2 weeks all 3 were dead, haven't seen anymore since.

 

[djconn]

The green haired stuff is called Maiden's Hair if you are still wondering. I used to have some and I really liked it. I hear its kinda hard to keep and mine eventually died. Good luck.

 

[dragon79]

It's definitely a flatworm, but since we're only seeing it's underside it's hard to give you a positive ID on the species of flatworm. Scroll through these images and see if any match the markings on the top of the worms. http://www.reefimages.com Select the invertebrates scene icon at the top of the page, then scroll down and select worms. For some reason that site won't allow a copy and paste of the specific species index pages.

looks like this on the other side, but it's all white. It has that same textured back, that looks like a backbone, you know what I mean?

here's the link:
http://www.reefimages.com/cgi-reefimage ... ide=23.jpg

All it does right now is just stick to my glass on the right side, it chills there, and moves around the glass every now and then. If it's bad, I'll just scrape it off and flush it...easy to get to, it's just one. Let me know, thanks.

 

[dragon79]

The green haired stuff is called Maiden's Hair if you are still wondering. I used to have some and I really liked it. I hear its kinda hard to keep and mine eventually died. Good luck.

Thanks for identfiying it dj (that green bush is now finally the maiden's hair) Well it's battling to live, it goes from brown to green all the time, I'll see what happens, and see what wins the brown or the green, come on green!!

 

[incysor]

I'd probably just scrape it off and toss it. I don't like things in my tank that I can't identify and figure out what it eats.

B

 

[dragon79]

my girlfriend and I were watching and I believe it scraped itself off, it went to half it's size and then by the next day it disapeared. I think it died when it found nothing for it to feed on. Adios pest!