Please help me ID

[jtoneil]

I bought some lr from my lfs today and I noticed these red spider like creatures crawling around. Sorry about the poor quality of the pics...

ok well I can't seem to resize the pics to fit........ They are red with 8 legs and
no visable head or eyes. THe lr had live plants and red alge and this creature
looks exactly like the plant. It reminds me of a stick bug.

I wish I knew a little more about computers so I could resize and post these pics.

Thanks
john

 

[Fluff]

Sounds like it may be sea spiders. They are harmful if you have corals in the tank. I'll see if I can find a site to some pics for you.

 

[Fluff]

Here, do they look like these? They come in lots of colors.

http://scilib.ucsd.edu/sio/nsf/fguide/arthropoda-2.html

http://www.seaslugforum.net/factsheet.cfm?base=pycnogon

http://divegallery.com/sea_spider.htm

 

[jtoneil]

Yup thats them... I have found three already. I turned out my lights on my tank about an hour ago and the disapeared. Ill somehow catch them in the morning and get rid of them. Thank you for the quick reply.

John