WHAT IS THIS??????

[CA2OR]

 

 

[dsoz]

All I see is a light floating around the water. Can you give a little better description? Does it have a lot of legs?

 

Could it be an amphipod that is swimming in the tank?

 

dsoz

[CA2OR]

it looks alot like a cuddlefish. It swims tenticals first using some fin around the body. Literaly just like a cuddlefish. It is not floating. It actively evaded my wrasse. Seriously it looks either like a squid or a cuddlefish.

[dsoz]

Can you catch it with a net/cup and get a better still pic?

 

dsoz

[CA2OR]

I cannot catch it so far. I did try last night be he is evasive. Sneaky little bugger. He flashes and strobes that glowing white. I know it appears as thought it is the LED and to a degree it is, but even when he is out of view of the LED he strobes. I may have better luck tonight as this video was taken 2 days ago, last night there were 2 of them.

[stylaster]

It's a UFO unidentifed floating object.... the way it jets around could either be a cuttlefish, salp, or maybe jelly of some type

[CA2OR]

LOL....I was going to title this thread "UFO".

[reefboy]

better pic needed but cool either way is it still alive? this is why I love my microscope.

[CA2OR]

updated video's with one more from last night. The first video is from last night with my cell phone. Yes it is still alive and now I have 2 swing in synchrony

 

I actually watched the one in the second and third video attack and eat a decent sized copopod in my tank. They are some sort of predator.

[Mr. Reef]

I love mysteries. (drooler)

 

To bad we don't have a good photo of it yet.

 

Ricky Soutas Jr.

-Soutas Saltwater & Reef Inc.-

[CA2OR]

I will be working on getting a better pic. The only thing I can think of is to use the flash with the aquariscope when the lights are out. It only comes out when lights out if that helps.

[Mr. Reef]

Did you any new rock to your tank recently?

 

 

Ricky Soutas Jr.

-Soutas Saltwater & Reef Inc.-

[CA2OR]

I haven't added anything except the new light.

[JeffP]

looks like you could be able to catch it with a turkey baster, then put it in a dish for a photo.

[CA2OR]

easier than it looks. That guy is fast and evasive.

[theJenchild]

The small amount of research that I just did indicates that squid are often bioluminescent. However, it also indicates that some shrimps can flash when they feel threatened. Considering you saw it eat a copapod, I doubt that's what it is....but you never know.

[Reefin']

I really don't think its a cuttlefish....mine little cuttle I've been raising from egg, just escaped the net breeder its been living in for the last 6 weeks....well it didn't last with fish around...someone ate him!

I hope the fish enjoyed the calamari!!!...what sucks is the $100 of live food spent feeding it the last month+!!!

 

 

They don't swim as nimble as eric has been describing...

[half-astronaut]

I really don't think its a cuttlefish....mine little cuttle I've been raising from egg, just escaped the net breeder its been living in for the last 6 weeks....well it didn't last with fish around...someone ate him!

I hope the fish enjoyed the calamari!!!...what sucks is the $100 of live food spent feeding it the last month+!!!

 

 

They don't swim as nimble as eric has been describing...

 

Where did you get cuttlefish eggs?

 

I don't think the video is a cuttlefish. especially if it is moving that fast tentacles first. Can you see the appendages clearly enough to determine they are, in fact, tentacles and not mandibles or maxillae.? To my knowledge cuttlefish don't chase prey like that, they are sneaky and shoot out their tentacles while standing stock still. Of course their behavior could be different in the larval stage.