Need Help To Id

[fishy55599]

okay, so i got some rock yesturday. found some things i need help to id, i cant get pics yet but will later.

1st-i saw two little, the only thing i could decribe them as is 2 tiny bug like things. they were brown. went back in the rock when i turned the lights on.

2nd-a little worm, he i just poking out of the rock wigiling, he doesnt move just stays on the rock.

3rd-this isnt a creature, it is greenkinda bushy shaped?

defenetally get pics later as i aint good at describing.
there are a couple other that i cannot describe but will get pics

 

[woody88]

Get some piccy's up so we can gave a gawp at it! Lol

 

[fishy55599]

just up loading now.
couldnt get a pic of worms, or "bugs"

green thingy-

any idea.

 

[lewiss]

Hmmm!!

First thing sounds like a copepod/amphipod Marine bugs. Try googling it. They are good! Will provide your future fish with a tasty snack!! Hopefully they breed nicely and in a year or so you could maybe get a mandarin or something!

Second - loads of worms! What did it look like? Colour, size, legs? reaction to light?? A peanut worm is most common but there are loads of different worms. Donya might be able to help you with that with a bit more info/photo.

Third. Looks like a skeleton of a LPS to me but it's hard to tell, I can't see it in the second photo. Is it soft of hard? Is it very green or light green / whitey green??

 

[fishy55599]

Hmmm!!

First thing sounds like a copepod/amphipod Marine bugs. Try googling it. They are good! Will provide your future fish with a tasty snack!! Hopefully they breed nicely and in a year or so you could maybe get a mandarin or something!
that was my first thought, but copepod's swim dont they, while these just craw on the rocks.

Second - loads of worms! What did it look like? Colour, size, legs? reaction to light?? A peanut worm is most common but there are loads of different worms. Donya might be able to help you with that with a bit more info/photo.
i am not sure how to describe it, but it is nearly whiteish about 1-1.5cm ish, it doesnt react to it, it just doesnt move it is like it is stuck to the rock

Third. Looks like a skeleton of a LPS to me but it's hard to tell, I can't see it in the second photo. Is it soft of hard? Is it very green or light green / whitey green??
i havent felt it yet, will do that tomorrow. it is a light green colour.

 

[lewiss]

Yeh they do swim, a bit (hmm how do i say this politically correctly) very strangely.. But yes they do, its a bit more like they flick through the water.

I'm not great with worms, hopefully Donya can help!! Did you google the peanut worm?

If its hard, i'd say a skeleton of an LPS with light algae staining it.. If you can get a better picture then that would be great!

 

[fishy55599]

Yeh they do swim, a bit (hmm how do i say this politically correctly) very strangely.. But yes they do, its a bit more like they flick through the water.
okay, havent seen them flick through water either, just crawl

I'm not great with worms, hopefully Donya can help!! Did you google the peanut worm?
nope, not a peanut worm.
If its hard, i'd say a skeleton of an LPS with light algae staining it.. If you can get a better picture then that would be great!
ill try

also spotted 1 others just now, a tiny shell, that went into a hole, probally a snail.

 

[fishy55599]

okay what i thought was a worm, was just a "thing" when i touched it it snapped, so it was not a worm after all.

the green thing is hard.

 

[lewiss]

Yeh if it's hard I'd say an LPS skeleton. It was probably once an LPS coral, which has died and it leaves it's calcium skeleton.

The 'worm' thing!! Firstly a word of warning for future!! Don't poke it with your finger cos it could be poionous! I always forget to tell people that!!

I'd say that sounds like an anpiphod. Hard though without a picture!

 

[fishy55599]

Yeh if it's hard I'd say an LPS skeleton. It was probably once an LPS coral, which has died and it leaves it's calcium skeleton.
so that is fine then?
The 'worm' thing!! Firstly a word of warning for future!! Don't poke it with your finger cos it could be poionous! I always forget to tell people that!!
it wasnt a worm after all okay, wont poke anything that i dont no wat it is, didnt think

I'd say that sounds like an anpiphod. Hard though without a picture!
i would say that is it! good or bad?

 

[lewiss]

Right, i'm back!

Yeh just leave the skeleon, it wont do any harm, and can help with housing copepods, ampiphods etc.

Amphipods are GREAT. They're good guys. They eat bad stuff, left over food etc etc, and provide a natural food/snack to your fish! In a years time or so, you could get a mandarin, if the culture of pods are healthy enough, and you tank is big enough! Definately good guys!

The 'worm' thing or whatever it is doesnt matter, and i didnt mean that harshly but there are horror stories where people have squished things, or poked things and ended up in fevers and things from poisons. There was a story on here that was pinned but i cant find it!!

 

[fishy55599]

okay, thanks.
the mandarin are cool, not sure if there will be enough culture of pods as the other fish will probally get them before.

oh i know you didnt mean it harshly, okay wont do it again just incase. if you find the story give me a link