KKAAY Posted September 18, 2013 Share Posted September 18, 2013 Looks like some kind of snail Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Timfish Posted September 18, 2013 Share Posted September 18, 2013 With the pinnated end I'm guessing a small cucumber of some kind, beneficial, and you probably have others. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KKAAY Posted September 18, 2013 Author Share Posted September 18, 2013 So should I put it back into the tank? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ckyuv Posted September 18, 2013 Share Posted September 18, 2013 Nudi of some sort? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elizzy Posted September 18, 2013 Share Posted September 18, 2013 How fast is it moving? A cucumber would move relatively slow, but if it's moving pretty good -- well, it has the same coloring of my arch-nemesis, the polyclad flatworm...and that sucker will eat all of your snails. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KKAAY Posted September 18, 2013 Author Share Posted September 18, 2013 How fast is it moving? A cucumber would move relatively slow, but if it's moving pretty good -- well, it has the same coloring of my arch-nemesis, the polyclad flatworm...and that sucker will eat all of your snails. It doesn't move fast or slow I think I'm just gonna get rid of it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ckyuv Posted September 18, 2013 Share Posted September 18, 2013 That always seems to be the safest route lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KKAAY Posted September 19, 2013 Author Share Posted September 19, 2013 I have sucked another one out Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elizzy Posted September 19, 2013 Share Posted September 19, 2013 How new is your live rock? This is why I'm so hesitant to go with live rock... My polyclad flatworm, who I'll call Phil, ate all my snails for a year. I thought my snails were dying from a ph imbalance... Then one night, I see it, I see the flatworm who grew about 4 inches on about 30 snails.... I couldn't net him, so I ended up taking the whole rock out that it was living in. I scraped him out, put the rock back in, and then, to my horror, saw mini-Phil fragments moving around. After much cursing, I sucked all the mini-Phil fragments out and threw the home rock away. Snails survive these days... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
subsea Posted September 19, 2013 Share Posted September 19, 2013 It looks like a cucumber. Help us help you guess. Give us some more history. Patrick Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KKAAY Posted September 19, 2013 Author Share Posted September 19, 2013 It looks like a cucumber. Help us help you guess. Give us some more history. Patrick what kind of history Patrick? not sure what you mean. they were a lil less than an inch long..."were" lol one was on my glass and the other scootin along on the sand Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KKAAY Posted September 19, 2013 Author Share Posted September 19, 2013 How new is your live rock? This is why I'm so hesitant to go with live rock... My polyclad flatworm, who I'll call Phil, ate all my snails for a year. I thought my snails were dying from a ph imbalance... Then one night, I see it, I see the flatworm who grew about 4 inches on about 30 snails.... I couldn't net him, so I ended up taking the whole rock out that it was living in. I scraped him out, put the rock back in, and then, to my horror, saw mini-Phil fragments moving around. After much cursing, I sucked all the mini-Phil fragments out and threw the home rock away. Snails survive these days... its not so new, i dont think anyway. ive had it 7 months Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
subsea Posted September 19, 2013 Share Posted September 19, 2013 I meant age of tank and age of rock with hitchhikers. In another forum, I described a scenario in a tank set up for 12 years, in which spores of red grapes and dragons breath lay dormant for five years after going sexual. When the rock was moved to a different tank, it grew dragons breath and red grapes. It works both ways. Sometimes it s good. Sometimes, not so much. I think the cucumbers are a bioindicator of good conditions in your tank. I would expect to see mini feather dusters and the like. Patrick Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KKAAY Posted September 19, 2013 Author Share Posted September 19, 2013 I meant age of tank and age of rock with hitchhikers. In another forum, I described a scenario in a tank set up for 12 years, in which spores of red grapes and dragons breath lay dormant for five years after going sexual. When the rock was moved to a different tank, it grew dragons breath and red grapes. It works both ways. Sometimes it s good. Sometimes, not so much. I think the cucumbers are a bioindicator of good conditions in your tank. I would expect to see mini feather dusters and the like. Patrick i just moved over to a 75 in july. the original was a 30g that was set up at the beginning of march. so i moved all rock from the 30 to 75 with a few pieces of dead rock i have not seen any featherdusters "yet" i could not find pics of a cucumber that looked like this thanks for the input kristy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
subsea Posted September 19, 2013 Share Posted September 19, 2013 http://www.liveaquaria.com/product/prod_display.cfm?c=497+502+2891&pcatid=2891 The colors are not the same. Just envision it. Patrick Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KKAAY Posted September 19, 2013 Author Share Posted September 19, 2013 http://www.liveaquaria.com/product/prod_display.cfm?c=497+502+2891&pcatid=2891 The colors are not the same. Just envision it. Patrick the ones i took out had only two antennas from what i could see and kinda inched along like an inchworm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
subsea Posted September 19, 2013 Share Posted September 19, 2013 If it stays in the open. It is a filter feeder. I can not help you with two antenna or four identifications, only that it is part of natural reef keeping. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
esacjack Posted September 19, 2013 Share Posted September 19, 2013 that is a variant of polyclad flatworms. get rid of it. Some are beneficial, some aren't. Why take a chance? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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