bace Posted November 17, 2010 Share Posted November 17, 2010 so this a little odd to me... I bought a small piece of LR (it's just a little smaller then a baseball) for my 10g. when I got home today I noticed that it has a small crack down the middle that's about 1/4 inch wide. while feeding I bumped the light a little and the crack closed and then slowly reopened. on close inspection I see some very small life on the rock spaghetti worms and a few other things I can't id however I think I see something like a clams mouth in the crack... it's kind of hard to tell what it might be. anyone ever seen anything like this? I'll try to take a picture but I don't think I have the proper equipment to take a picture of something like this. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mandinga Posted November 17, 2010 Share Posted November 17, 2010 Hitchhiking filter feeders like you have are a free bonus. Some hitchhikers carry knives and sharp claws, but you got a good one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick Posted November 17, 2010 Share Posted November 17, 2010 Small oysters and clams (1/2" or so) are pretty common on fresh live rock. Would need to see a pic to be sure what it is though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bace Posted November 17, 2010 Author Share Posted November 17, 2010 well here it. it looks like the whole rock is the creature. also here are a few other things on the rock that I'm not sure what they are. some of them I wonder if they are those things like aptasia that I don't know quite what they are called m.... something the whole rock the rock open I moved the light and it closes the things I'm worried are the m.. somethings some bumpy thing vaguely looks like a ricordia but I'm pretty sure it's not Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NoobtoSalt Posted November 17, 2010 Share Posted November 17, 2010 They look like majano nems. I would burn them off if you can. Your what is the rock questions though is still a mystery to me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bace Posted November 17, 2010 Author Share Posted November 17, 2010 They look like majano nems. I would burn them off if you can. Your what is the rock questions though is still a mystery to me. if they are. does aptasia X kill them? they almost look like the tips of a xenia to me but my initial thought is majanos that's why I ask. it's just crazy to me that it seems that the whole rock is a creature I wish you guys could see it in person.. it's crazy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bace Posted November 17, 2010 Author Share Posted November 17, 2010 now it's completely closed... it's clearly alive I just find it crazy that it's this whole rock that opens and closes Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beckie Posted November 17, 2010 Share Posted November 17, 2010 I will be watching this one! A whole new meaning to the term "live rock". Beckie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ReefSafari Posted November 17, 2010 Share Posted November 17, 2010 Thats pretty cool, I had a large colony of Zoanthids that every so often I would see half of the Zoanthids spread apart and as soon as a fish swam by it would close really quickly...its a calm or oyster, scallop or something that had Zoanthids growing all over it..Still have it too...at night it sends out two big syphon tubes out of the Zoanthids... I have some of those little polyp things growing on a Lobo, I don't think they are Mojanos, as they seem more like some kind of tiny clove polyp...They don't really have a whole lot of color, like other cloves, but each one has the exact same flower type patter. I have not attempted to do anything with mine, but they look exactly like yours in your picture. They are not aptasia I don't think, nor Majonos, I really don't think they would hurt anything, I would just watch how fast they grow if they are a type of Clove Polyp. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarkBirkett Posted November 17, 2010 Share Posted November 17, 2010 ID Looks like Barney's head to me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bace Posted November 17, 2010 Author Share Posted November 17, 2010 Looks like Barney's head to me. (laugh) I see it too!!! that's what it is!!! lol it's pretty crazy though Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beckie Posted November 21, 2010 Share Posted November 21, 2010 Have you got any updates on what you found in the "rock" been 4 days and I'm still wondering? Beckie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
epicenter Posted November 21, 2010 Share Posted November 21, 2010 Maybe you have a clam that is covered with coraline making it appear to be part of the rock. Some of them clams get into the strangest positions......... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bace Posted November 21, 2010 Author Share Posted November 21, 2010 yeah I don't know. it seems rather clam-ish so I might just decide that that's what it is. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cschwarz Posted December 3, 2010 Share Posted December 3, 2010 looks like an oyster Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bace Posted December 3, 2010 Author Share Posted December 3, 2010 it opens up a little wider now. I can see into it a little better. it's pink and still looks clam-ish. I don't really know what an oyster looks like (well I'm sure I do but can't picture it at this moment...) I suppose I could look it up heh. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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