Help ID

[r212019]

I have had my biocube29 running for a couple of months now and there appears to be a few random things growing. I'm hopin that I can get some help
ID'ing them and seeing if they need to be removed

First picture is of a few little red and brown leafs growing off of the rock. There is one above the snail and one below the pink polyp.

Second picture is of another leaf thingy that is growing except it is more of a deep red purple.

Third is a red feathery thingy. I think it's a feather duster but its red so I was worries. I have a bunch of feather duster that have grown all over the tank, is that normal?

Forth is a little clam like thingy. Not the best picture but its between the purple stuff.

I couldn't get a good picture of it but there is like 5 feather like dusters that are growing together but they are brown and they have longer tenticals

Please help

[r212019]

2nd pic

[r212019]

3rd pic

[r212019]

4th pic

[gregzz4]

Can't quite make out stuff in the first pic, but the purple stuff (if not coraline algae) is a kind of plating algae. It's harmless as long as it doesn't explode in #s

The other 4 pics are not there
Edit: OK I see you are still uploading :smile:

Could you try using something such as Photobucket or Drop Box to post your pics ? You upload, then copy the link and paste them into the post
It would make it easier for us to view them

[gregzz4]

Maybe someone elses eyes can help you
Your pics are too small for me to make out for sure what you have there

[r212019]

http://i848.photobucket.com/albums/ab41/r212019/image_zps9e31f8ec.jpg

http://i848.photobucket.com/albums/ab41/r212019/image_zpsf32b4d39.jpg

http://i848.photobucket.com/albums/ab41/r212019/image_zps8f144d30.jpg


I hope that works better

[gregzz4]

That's better :smile:
Now you just need to use the direct link next time
Copy/paste the IMG code into your posts and we can all see them big without clicking anything :wink:

[gregzz4]

The red leafy stuff looks like macro algae. Up to you if you keep it or not. I don't mind some 'natural' stuff in my tank

The red hairy stuff is red turf algae. It may go away on it's own as your tank cycles/matures. If it gets out of control, get some Indonesian Turbo snails. They love this stuff. Mexi turbos may eat it, but they don't last as long in our tanks

The little white stick in the pic with the snail looks like a Vermatid snail. Get rid of it pronto. Don't panic, but break it off and cover it with epoxy before it becomes a plague in your tank. They spread like crazy - I should have done this from the start and now they are all over. Messy little critters

The pink/red looking thing in pic d30 looks like a feather duster
If you're asking about something else, I can't see it
Look online for pics of Aiptasia, Mojano, and Hydroids
The first 2 must go, and the third are harmless
Maybe you could get a clearer pic of the things you are showing us ?

The 'plating' purple stuff is an algae. Mine isn't out of control

The other purple stuff that covers rock like it's painted on is corraline algae. Sign of a healthy tank, or at least good levels of Alk/Ca/Mag. Some like it, some hate it.

In the pic with the snail, I don't know what the pink/red thing with the white center is - I can't make it out

Nice lookin' frags. My leptastrea has doubled in size over the last year

[r212019]

http://i848.photobucket.com/albums/ab41/r212019/image_zps9e31f8ec.jpg (http://s848.photobucket.com/user/r212019/media/image_zps9e31f8ec.jpg.html)


http://i848.photobucket.com/albums/ab41/r212019/image_zpsf32b4d39.jpg (http://s848.photobucket.com/user/r212019/media/image_zpsf32b4d39.jpg.html)

http://i848.photobucket.com/albums/ab41/r212019/image_zps8f144d30.jpg (http://s848.photobucket.com/user/r212019/media/image_zps8f144d30.jpg.html)

http://i848.photobucket.com/albums/ab41/r212019/image_zps7ad9f64a.jpg (http://s848.photobucket.com/user/r212019/media/image_zps7ad9f64a.jpg.html)

Better? Lol

[gregzz4]

Bingo !!

[r212019]

The Vermatid snail are all over my rocks. I think it might be too late to do anything but there are ALL over all of my rocks :( r they bad for the tank?

Back to the lepaestrea, I bought it a couple days ago and it's cube shaped, will the cube grow as a whole or does the tops part spread over the edge and into the rock that its testing on

[gregzz4]

The Vermatids are messy. They cast out strings to catch things and look ugly
The coral will grow over the edges of the skeleton and down onto the rock. So you'll end up with a lump in the middle
I left mine like that, but wish I had sliced the bottom off, or stuck it into a hole

[duncangweller]

I have those snails everywhere too. There must be a thousand of them in my 75g. I was hoping there was a wrasse or something that could make himself fat from munching them

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[gregzz4]

One day I plan on slowly covering the buggers with little blobs of epoxy ...