Live rock hitch hiker identification

[Moe_K]

One of the new folks asked me if I knew of a site where he could try to identify the stuff he's finding on his live rock.
Here's a good site:
http://reefs.org/hhfaq/

And within that collection of pages, this section is pretty good for the "glass anemones." Is this what you have?
http://www.reefs.org/hhfaq/pages/main_pages/faq_rock1.htm

 

[dad300]

heres a page for different types of algae too
http://www.saltcorner.com/sections/guest/algaepage/algaepage.htm

 

[davidrupe]

thanks Moe. I think they are "glass anemones".
Picture wasn't the best but Doug had some in his tank and said that is what they were.

 

[davidrupe]

The long brown 'hair' looking algea I have looks closest to diatoms.
I have the long grean algea and also some bubble algeas.

 

[davidrupe]

I have tons of these things in my refugium. I thought they were fly larva...
http://www.reefs.org/hhfaq/pages/picture_pages/faq_sponge.html
That fist link is great Moe except half of the links it refers to don't work.

 

[xray-reefer]

My sump and overflow are full of those Leucilla sp. sponge (fly larvae ) but I can't find one in the tank - they must be tasty!

 

[davidrupe]

Good to hear someone else has the 'fly larva' all over their refugium.