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Bacteria atbp.? Please Identify
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Bacteria atbp.? Please Identify
by jomsmsn » Mon Oct 16, 2006 10:26 pm
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65 gallons main tank w/ 30 gallons in line sump
5" DSB main tank + 40 kilos LR.
5" DSB main tank + 40 kilos LR.
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by philaquarist » Mon Oct 16, 2006 10:59 pm
Hi jomer,
The first two pictures above are both examples of colonial tunicates. These are common hitchikers on live rock. They are filter-feeders, subsisting on plankton and even on bacteria in the water column. These are among the common cryptic creatures growing in and under live rock, which help a lot in keeping your water clean. (You would be amazed at how much water turnover they actually perform. Because of that, a famous US aquarist Steve Tyree uses these types of creatures for "cryptic filtration" as part of a very-philosophically-different three-zone natural filtration system.)
Not too sure about the third picture. It could also be some form of Ascidian or Sea Tunicate or Sea Squirt (they all belong to the subphylum Urochordata, but these names are used interchangeably, depending on genus, without any logic
). Or they could be the beginnings of some soft coral?
Phil
The first two pictures above are both examples of colonial tunicates. These are common hitchikers on live rock. They are filter-feeders, subsisting on plankton and even on bacteria in the water column. These are among the common cryptic creatures growing in and under live rock, which help a lot in keeping your water clean. (You would be amazed at how much water turnover they actually perform. Because of that, a famous US aquarist Steve Tyree uses these types of creatures for "cryptic filtration" as part of a very-philosophically-different three-zone natural filtration system.)
Not too sure about the third picture. It could also be some form of Ascidian or Sea Tunicate or Sea Squirt (they all belong to the subphylum Urochordata, but these names are used interchangeably, depending on genus, without any logic
). Or they could be the beginnings of some soft coral?
Phil
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35-gallon sump
20-gallon remote deep sand bed
SYSTEM C: grow-out reef pond
330-gallon reef pond
50-gallon sump
25-gallon remote algal scrubber
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SYSTEM A: display reef tank (for zoanthids & corallimorphs)
90-gallon main tank with built-in refugium
35-gallon sump
SYSTEM B: display reef tank (for octocorallians)
90-gallon main tank
35-gallon sump
20-gallon remote deep sand bed
SYSTEM C: grow-out reef pond
330-gallon reef pond
50-gallon sump
25-gallon remote algal scrubber
25-gallon remote deep sand bed
45-gallon remote frag tank system
15-gallon refugium / pod tank
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by randell » Fri Oct 20, 2006 1:45 pm
80 gallon Rimless Elos Tank
Reef Maniac Beckette Skimmer
Eheim Return Pump
Marine Hub Lumenarc/Alanod Refloctors
250w Metal Hallide Lamps
Teco Chiller
SPS, LPS, etc.
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Re: Bacteria atbp.? Please Identify
by drmikelangelo » Fri Oct 20, 2006 3:05 pm
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by randell » Fri Oct 20, 2006 3:11 pm
80 gallon Rimless Elos Tank
Reef Maniac Beckette Skimmer
Eheim Return Pump
Marine Hub Lumenarc/Alanod Refloctors
250w Metal Hallide Lamps
Teco Chiller
SPS, LPS, etc.
http://randelltiongson.com/
Marine Hub @ Animal Depot (Metrowalk)
Follower of Jesus Christ
Honor God, Make Disciples
Reef Maniac Beckette Skimmer
Eheim Return Pump
Marine Hub Lumenarc/Alanod Refloctors
250w Metal Hallide Lamps
Teco Chiller
SPS, LPS, etc.
http://randelltiongson.com/
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by paulimjada » Fri Oct 20, 2006 4:25 pm
Want to learn more about DSB?
http://www.reefphilippines.com/forums/v ... php?t=2255
60 g tank reef 20 g sump T5 2x24HO T8 2x20NO 75kg LR, 4-6" dsb (3++ old), mod Sanders Skimmer, Chaeto 2x9W coolwhite rev photo.
6.6 G nano
www.reefphilippines.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=2178
http://www.reefphilippines.com/forums/v ... php?t=2255
60 g tank reef 20 g sump T5 2x24HO T8 2x20NO 75kg LR, 4-6" dsb (3++ old), mod Sanders Skimmer, Chaeto 2x9W coolwhite rev photo.
6.6 G nano
www.reefphilippines.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=2178
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by audioactive08 » Mon Oct 23, 2006 1:13 pm
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If don't have patience for the hobby, it's better to quit.
Almost All-DIY 50g BB Mixed Reef, DIY Rocks / Plugs, Modded sunsun, Modded RO. 150w MH + Lumenarc.
Some fishes, Some SPS, Zoanthids and some other odds and ends.
To err is human, but to do the same error all over again is stupid.
If don't have patience for the hobby, it's better to quit.
Almost All-DIY 50g BB Mixed Reef, DIY Rocks / Plugs, Modded sunsun, Modded RO. 150w MH + Lumenarc.
Some fishes, Some SPS, Zoanthids and some other odds and ends.
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