4 new IDs please :)

alright, I'll just group all my IDs in one thread

The first two are hitch hikers from the rock my finger leather came on:











Then I have these, I am guessing they are snail eggs ?



Last but not least, I've had this weird snail in my frogspawn for as long as I can remember. I removed it once but it climbed all the way back up to the frogspawn and put itself back in it. It's always there, never moves, never leaves the frogspawn. Pics are not the best but it's the best I could do sorry. It's the white ribbed shell on the right ... I assume the thing on the left is a barnacle ?

 

your pictures are always the best... awesome quality and beautiful color balance!

 

The first 2 pics are vermetid snails. Unless it is nowhere near a coral, i say nuke it.

The second set of pics appear to be cup corals. Those come on carribean LR all the time.

The ones you call snail eggs, I have no clue.

And the snail in the frogspawn, that is weird. especially that it went back after you removed it.

Looks to be a sponge on the left of the snail to me.

 

The last one is a Coral Shell, probably in the genus Coralliophila or it could be a Babelomurex, as they can look a lot alike. They feed on corals. Here's one that's a likely candidate, Coralliophila flava:

Coralliophila (Coralliophila) flava

There are several other closely related species in the same genus, any of which could be your snail. If it's not one of these, it's probably a juvenile Babelomurex. All the choices eat corals, by the way.

Babelomurex (Babelomurex) fearnleyi

Shell Catalogue - Family MURICIDAE CORALLIOPHILINAE

Cheers,




Don

 

wow that's exactly what it is (Coralliophila) now ...... they feed on corals ? so it's trying to eat my frogspawn ? It's been on it since forever and the FP actually tripled or more in size since I got it. Should I get the snail out ?

 

The coral pic looks like a Corynactis (orange ball anemone). Is the base hard or slimy/soft?

 

I agree, looked up some Corynactis pics and that's exactly what it is !!!
The base looks slimy and soft. Are these good or bad ?

 

The Coralliophila eat very slowly, but may start doing more damage as they get larger. I've never seen one eating Frogspawn, but then again, I've never see your species in the wild, either. The fact that it's staying where it is indicates that it likes it there. If I had only one in my tank, and it didn't look to be doing much damage, I'd probably leave it. Then again, I'm a snail guy

Cheers,



Don

 

*orange ball anemone*
they are harmless they eat pods i guess there is a species that can get bigger and possibly eat small fish but i have some and they dont mess with anything they are nocturnal closed during they day most of the time . i guess if it does get big enough to eat a fish then i would take it out

 

hehe, if there was an easy way, I'd mail it out to you !!!