I just set up my 24 gal NANO with about 27 pounds of live rock in 3 peices.... there are little green slugs not even an inch long coming off of it. I think they are Nudi Branches iand i know stuff is supposed to come of my rock i just need to know what they are...
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the look like little green pickles and have things coming off the top of them
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2007-07-22 09:12:33 · 6 answers · asked by Michael B 1 in Pets ➔ Fish
They are Yellow Cucumbers. Filter feeders. They climb the glass and sit with the "pickle" parts in the water flow to eat. Check them out at night they look like little yellow volcanoes. The are relatively harmless and can multiply pretty fast. They also die pretty fast! This can be a problem because like .when stressed or attacked They extrude their guts and this inturn will poison your tank. Depending on how many you have you might want to carefully remove all but 1 or 2. I bought some a while ago thinking they would eat the dreaded bad hair algae like I was told they would by my LFS. Nope no such luck!
But aren't they just too cool to look at!
2007-07-25 17:36:54 · answer #1 · answered by Ramoth41 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
interesting looks to be some sort of worm or even possibly baby sea cucumbers. do they seam to be boittom dwellers or just making thier way all over the place? Ill keep searching to try and ID them get in touch with copperhead he should be able to help.
Addition look around on the internet about Colochirus robustus that is what it looks like to me if not they are some sort of worm.
2007-07-22 09:52:54 · answer #2 · answered by craig 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I think Craig gave you the correct answer already. These appear to be baby yellow sea cucumbers: http://www.liveaquaria.com/product/prod_Display.cfm?pCatId=715
2007-07-22 11:39:27 · answer #3 · answered by copperhead 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
its a yellow cucumber & i like them so keep them...theyre so cute!
2007-07-26 08:30:23 · answer #4 · answered by princess 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
omg nightmare..... im in frshwater tanks and i even know what a live rock is.
2007-07-22 09:22:16 · answer #5 · answered by kdogg91 3 · 0⤊ 2⤋
i dunno but..you have a rock..that's alive??? =O
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2007-07-22 09:18:08 · answer #6 · answered by MidnaX 5 · 0⤊ 3⤋