newfound77951
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Wow. I just got 20 lbs of live rock on Thursday and all I have done since I got it is stare into the tank....every time I look I find something new. This is just a 10 gallon, I can't even imagine what 100 lbs of live rock would look like. Can you tell I'm a SW newbie?
Anyway, some help please on ID'ing the following critters, and whether or not they'll make it, should stay in the tank etc. Also, I don't have pics of a few things, I saw a bright red shrimp, about 1/2" long, with one claw, looked like it had eggs underneath. Was walking on the sand and then went into the rock. Also, one of the rocks made a clicking sound when I picked it up out of the water, and I occasionally hear more clicks...I'm worried this is a mantis shrimp, or could the red shrimp I saw be a pistol shrimp? Hopefully I'll see it again to get a picture.
Orange encrusting #1....thinking this is a sponge or a bryozoan?
Orange encrusting #2...no idea what this is. It has a barnace sticking out of it.
Purple encrusting. This definitely looks like a sponge. Also polyps of some sort. They come out more at night, and there are about 8-10 total on the rocks. I do not have enough light for corals (15w on a 10 gallon)...will these guys make it?
Orange thing #3....as of tonight (Sunday) this is starting to look bad and detach from the rock at the top. Guessing whatever it is (sponge, tunicate?) didn't like the move or being in the air for a short while.
WHAT THE HECK IS THIS??!!?? Didn't see it at all the first day, then there it was, on the back glass. Looks like one arm of a starfish, about 1.5" long. My guess is it's some kind of snail or nudibranch. It doesn't move much.
A fish! Didn't see this little guy the first day either, what a surprise the next day. Very cute little fishie....some kind of goby. Very shy, but slowly getting used to me. I'm gonna have to watch my water chemistry so as to not kill him during the cycle. It would be a shame for the little fish to have survived flying to RI from FL then not make it.
Finally, one of two crabs (I think). This is the bigger one, has black tips on his claws. Never comes out of the rock that i've seen, but probably roams around at night. It figures that I can't get the camera to take a clear picture when I try, but I shove it behind the tank and blindly shoot and I get this:
Anyway, some help please on ID'ing the following critters, and whether or not they'll make it, should stay in the tank etc. Also, I don't have pics of a few things, I saw a bright red shrimp, about 1/2" long, with one claw, looked like it had eggs underneath. Was walking on the sand and then went into the rock. Also, one of the rocks made a clicking sound when I picked it up out of the water, and I occasionally hear more clicks...I'm worried this is a mantis shrimp, or could the red shrimp I saw be a pistol shrimp? Hopefully I'll see it again to get a picture.
Orange encrusting #1....thinking this is a sponge or a bryozoan?
Orange encrusting #2...no idea what this is. It has a barnace sticking out of it.
Purple encrusting. This definitely looks like a sponge. Also polyps of some sort. They come out more at night, and there are about 8-10 total on the rocks. I do not have enough light for corals (15w on a 10 gallon)...will these guys make it?
Orange thing #3....as of tonight (Sunday) this is starting to look bad and detach from the rock at the top. Guessing whatever it is (sponge, tunicate?) didn't like the move or being in the air for a short while.
WHAT THE HECK IS THIS??!!?? Didn't see it at all the first day, then there it was, on the back glass. Looks like one arm of a starfish, about 1.5" long. My guess is it's some kind of snail or nudibranch. It doesn't move much.
A fish! Didn't see this little guy the first day either, what a surprise the next day. Very cute little fishie....some kind of goby. Very shy, but slowly getting used to me. I'm gonna have to watch my water chemistry so as to not kill him during the cycle. It would be a shame for the little fish to have survived flying to RI from FL then not make it.
Finally, one of two crabs (I think). This is the bigger one, has black tips on his claws. Never comes out of the rock that i've seen, but probably roams around at night. It figures that I can't get the camera to take a clear picture when I try, but I shove it behind the tank and blindly shoot and I get this: