Hi everyone

I have 2 things I would like identifying. This one I think is going to be bad news because its growing and even when the Red leg hermits get in it and give it a trim it recovers fairly fast. What do you think?

The second one appears to be a group of nems, bet they are bad news as well because they came in as hitch hikers. Any ideas?

Mike

hi mike, the first pics looked like green star polyps which are good but spread around quick. You could frags them for friend etc.
The second pics is one I've not seen before with tenacles with brown spot on the end. Hard to tell if it nems species.

Tony

i think the second picture is a species of tube worm... if you can light brush them with something and they retract they are defo tube worms, ive got a few of these in my tank and very sure that what the second piccy is showing

Phil

hi

second pic definitely not a tube worm. I have fed it a bit of shrimp and it eats like a nem, closes round it and eats it. have about 4 of them in a group. They seem to like to open in the evening and during the night.

Any other ideas?

Mike

Just found this by luck and it look like it is a nem like I said earlier never seen tenacles with brown spot at the end. Here is a pic.....

http://www.subaqua.ch/phi253e.htm


Tony

well done tony looks like that maybe the one. Think i will keep feeding them and see how they grow. Just didn't want to be feeding somthing that i would regret later.

Cheers

Mike

Sorry tony and Mike, but im still not convincned it a 'nem... the one on the right looked to have a tube like object from where it is pretruding... as does the one on left but be coz of angle you cant see it as much....

Could you get a piccy that closer up and/or from the side?

sorry if im sounding finnicky

Phil

Phil, have u click on pic to enlarge and click again on the so called nem. You see the tenacles are transparent with brown spot on the end of it just like the link I showed if that help.


Tony

ive just found this piccy on the net:

[IMG]http://aquatic-terrors.com/forums/uploads/post-858-1143605348_thumb.jpg[/IMG]


and think its a "Sabellastarte sp"

Phil