what is it

[stonepilot]

so it has a round head lots of little clear legs and the rear of this pic looks like a v but when he moved it has three appendages with what looks like a anus in the middle. Ive cheked all my books. help .white at bottom of rock

[stonepilot]

hope this helps

[gwen_o_lyn]

http://smileys.smileycentral.com/cat/23/23_3_36.gif to TR!!

Maybe a pod? Hard to see...

http://www.reefkeeping.com/issues/2004-08/rs/index.php

[Jimm]

Some kind of worm. Bristle Worm maybe. Can't tell in those pictures.

[Rob]

it looks like a flatworm to me.. but not the planaria type.
here check out these links and see if they help ID it
http://www.wetwebmedia.com/flatworms.htm
http://www.wetwebmedia.com/flatwormfaqs.htm
http://www.wetwebmedia.com/flatwrmfaq2.htm
http://www.wetwebmedia.com/flatwrmfaq3.htm

[gwen_o_lyn]

I must behttp://smileys.smileycentral.com/cat/15/15_8_4.gif
Can't see a thing!!

[Scott]

what I think I saw looked like a feather duster type worm, the ones with the encrusting tubes growing on the rock....but if it was moving, then I must not have seen (or thought what I saw) that you are describing. sorry.

[pham411]

what am i looking for here????

[stonepilot]

so here is a circled pic

[stonepilot]

Cirolanid Isopod so here he is dead now squished and skunk cleaner finished off.

[gwen_o_lyn]

What do I win!!?!? I said pod!! And they all said worms.. http://smileys.smileycentral.com/cat/4/4_1_104.gif

[stonepilot]

gwen come see me I have somethin for you. thanks for your help

[gwen_o_lyn]

lol
I think another reef board helped you more than I did... but you're welcome if you wanna give me credit. :p

[Reefbaby]

oh man stonepilot....you lost your skunk over this? Sorry about that!

check out this thread (http://www.reefs.org/library/article/clarke_shimek.html) about the critters. If you've got them in your tank, you might have a very hard time getting rid of them and they could potentially attack one fish after the other.

Have you seen more of them?

[gwen_o_lyn]

Thanks for that article Christi- that is one mean pod- I really thought all pods were good until I looked at that!

[Reefbaby]

Yeah Gwen....that is one pod that you definitely DON'T want to have in your tank!

[stonepilot]

reefbaby, darlin picture. I have seen no more and the skunk cleaner is fine he at the squished pod. glad the pods gone but will study to see if more pop up. thanks for your concern. so how old, mine is 8 now and he cant stay away from the tank. set up on a friday, could get to sleep the whole weekend. he is the best dont know what I d do with out him, got full custoy when he was 2. have a great weekend.

[Reefbaby]

Hey stonepilot! Glad to hear that the skunk survived without further incident! Hopefully no more of those buggers show up...


reefbaby, darlin picture Thanks! She's 5 now and the love of our lives!

We should set up a thread in the non-reef related forum for everyone to share pictures of their own reef babies! :-)