Few Pics In My Tank Id Like I.d-ing

[craigybaby37]

got a few pics from my tank and ide like to know if anyone can help me out with what they are or whats happening.

picture number 1

What type of snail is this....i haven't purchased the snails its just appeared from no where
http/img.photobucket.com/albums/v337/cra...ks051107017.jpg

picture number 2 is of something growing on my liverock....but only on this 1
http/img.photobucket.com/albums/v337/cra...ks051107018.jpg

picture number 3 is something i have growing from a number of my mushroom, pulsing xenia and zoo coral.
http/img.photobucket.com/albums/v337/cra...ks051107019.jpg

and finally this has started happening to my mushroom coral...look at the bottom to bits they are like rock.....is the coral slowly dying???
http/img.photobucket.com/albums/v337/cra...37/DSC02046.jpg

 

[n3ont3tra]

2 looks like some kind of coral to me.
3 looks like aptaisia (sp?) I would kill it. Apparently they can sting some corals. And they multiply super fast.

 

[craigybaby37]

if in picture 3 it is aptaisia and i do decide to kill it (ill wait for more post before i do) will it just be a case of cutting it off???

 

[1entra]

Picture 1 looks like a Collonista snail, they are small algae grazers and are "good" hitchhikers!

PIcture 2 I cant tell from the pic so can't I.D. Try getting up a better pic or 2.

Picture 3 I am almost 100% confident is aiptasia. This is a pest anemone and can quickly take over your entire tank. It also has a powerful sting and can injure/kill any corals it has contact with so I would defo get rid! Do not just cut it off as it can reproduce a sexually and also regenerate itself from what ever you leave behind, so you will have more than you started with. 2 ways to go about getting rid of it are
1). get a peppermint shrimp as these are known to eat them!
2). get some Joe's Juice

Here is a Link to hely you I.D any more hithhikers.

And finally I do not think Picture 4 is a mushroom coral at all, it looks more like a Candy Cane which is a hard coral and is showing its skeleton as it seems to be dieing. I believe this can be due to many factors including, water conditions, lighting, feeding etc etc. Your best bet is to look up and research candy canes and try to meet their requirements in order to help the one you have to survive!

 

[craigybaby37]

thanks for the input people. picture 4 i was ment to say it was a trumpet coral (well thats what i was told it was when i brought it) and i will have a read up to try find where ime going wrong.

i cant get any better pics of whatever it is growing on my liverock the macro on my camera isnt very good. but how it looks in the picture is how it is all day long its not like anything opens up when the lights are on.

ive already started dealing with the aiptasia as i read on the internet that squirting calcium onto them can kill them....and when i done so they soon retracted and shriveled up.

 

[1entra]

Yea calcium is another option along with lemon strong lemon juice and possibly vinegar that gets rid of aiptasia! Just be careful you dont use too much calcium though as it may affect your water condition!

By the way Candy cane is another name used for trumpet coral so thats what I meant

 

[Musho3210]

if there is a skeleton its not a mushroom, probably and acan or blasto or something.....

 

[SkiFletch]

Number 2 is either Clove Polyps, or some kind of encrusting SPS, maybe a Montipora species... If it's hard and encrusting, its a monti or similar, if its soft and inidividual polyps, its Cloves

As for the trumpet coral, there's a lot of reasons it could be suffering. I'll list what I think they could be in order of likelihood:

Poor circulation - Trumpets like moderate flowrate
Poor chemistry - Trupets require 0 phosphates, sg of 1.025-1.026, Calc ~400-450, Alk ~7-11dKH, Mg ~1280-1350
Insufficient Lighting - If they're not under at least dual tank-spanning PC's you're prolly in trouble there
High Dissolved Organics - They don't do well in dirty organic-ridden water, skimming can help here
Predation or irritation from other tank inhabitants (fish/crabs/etc)
Coral aggression - doesnt look like it, cause there aren't other corals around it, but if it was elsewhere near an aggressor it could have been stung to death.