Unexplaind Life

Reddog170 · 12-28-2008, 03:14 PM

well as most of you know my tank has bee through **** the past month. I thought that there was no life in it. Well I was wrong. Here lately I have found some life. While I was rescaping the tank to add more lr I found Some mushrooms, I think never got an ID from my pics, and today I seen, what I think is, astriea stars( little white stars about a quarter inch across) and a snail. I am pretty certian that the LR did not have any hitchhikers on it as it was just damp when I got it. Guess I have underestimated the ability of some of the stuff to withstand things. I just cannot understand how it all lived. I will not question why it lived I am just happy it did. In short it really raises my spirits and hopes.
If anyone has any idea how all that suvived and how I missed it in there I would be interested, I almost drained the tank and restarted!!

BLAKEJOHN · 12-28-2008, 03:37 PM

The life in our tanks and in the ocean can be very durable. Think of all the crap our planet has been through and the change in the oceans over the past billions of years and look what we still have in our oceans. Keep on looking in there, during the day and at night. You will be surprised to see what you still have.

ReefLady · 12-28-2008, 03:40 PM

You will find some mushrooms and polyps to be amongst the hardiest creatures in our tanks. Some are shipped in only damp paper towels by retailers, so they can be exposed to air and survive.
We had 'shrooms and polyps survive in our sump (no light) for months.
Congrats on the newfound life in the tank, and new hope! :-)

Reddog170 · 12-28-2008, 03:40 PM

I am so suprised. I was thinking that everything was dead, boy was I wrong. You are right, I just saw a program on the "trash" belt. in 100 feet of water he pulled out more man made debris and trash than sealife, even plankton.
I will keep looking and break out the red lights again. Shaun

rmlevasseur · 12-28-2008, 05:30 PM

Yea, don't forget they survived at least two ice ages as well.

Reddog170 · 12-28-2008, 06:32 PM

That is true. Very true. I also saw, on my glass for the first time in forever, a snail. He must have been in the pile of shells as that was the only spot with visible algae. This is cool. But wait....... Why is stuff coming out now? Where exactly was it all hidden?
I guess i may not ever know the real answers to these questions but it is curious, aint it? Shaun

lcstorc · 12-28-2008, 09:40 PM

I had stuff appear out of a piece of LR for 6 months. It was a 20g tank that ended up with nothing but a piece of LR. After a while we just watched it occasionally and had all sorts of stuff appear. Some of it was really cool.
Here's one.

We called him Shrek but he is really a
That is a Sap-Sucker a Sacoglossa. It is an algae eating slug. It is one of the Oxynoe sp. It looks like a Oxynoe viridis. It is often found with Caulerpa racemosa.
according to Boomer

12-28-2008, 03:14 PM	#1 (permalink)
Reddog170 Achilles Tang Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Winfield, IA Posts: 877 View Gallery Karma Komment Add yours!	Unexplaind Life well as most of you know my tank has bee through **** the past month. I thought that there was no life in it. Well I was wrong. Here lately I have found some life. While I was rescaping the tank to add more lr I found Some mushrooms, I think never got an ID from my pics, and today I seen, what I think is, astriea stars( little white stars about a quarter inch across) and a snail. I am pretty certian that the LR did not have any hitchhikers on it as it was just damp when I got it. Guess I have underestimated the ability of some of the stuff to withstand things. I just cannot understand how it all lived. I will not question why it lived I am just happy it did. In short it really raises my spirits and hopes. If anyone has any idea how all that suvived and how I missed it in there I would be interested, I almost drained the tank and restarted!! __________________ We are defined by the choices in whitch we make. http://www.reefsanctuary.com/forums/...t-sw-tank.html Moved to 100 http://www.reefsanctuary.com/forums/...ing-100-a.html VISIT MY CLUB SITE: www.iowareefs.com Ask me about Iowa reef events!

12-28-2008, 03:37 PM	#2 (permalink)
BLAKEJOHN Elegance coral Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: KINGSTON, I.L. Posts: 1,073 View Gallery Karma Komment	Re: Unexplaind Life The life in our tanks and in the ocean can be very durable. Think of all the crap our planet has been through and the change in the oceans over the past billions of years and look what we still have in our oceans. Keep on looking in there, during the day and at night. You will be surprised to see what you still have. __________________ 110 gallon acrylic 1 Yellow Tang, 1 Blue Tang, 2 Eng Gobies, 1 Six Line Wrasse, 1 Tomato Clown, 1 Lion fish RBTA, Longspine Urchin, Approx. 200 snails Red Monti, Purple Rim Monti, Leathers, Elegence, Yellow Polyps, various Zoa's, FrogSpawn, Ricordias, Greenbirdsnest, Pink Milli, Blue Milli, Bonzai, unknown Acropora's, Purple Digi, GSP, Bubble Coral, Staghorn, Slimer

12-28-2008, 03:40 PM	#3 (permalink)
ReefLady Tridacna maxima Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: New Hampshire Posts: 4,590 View Gallery Karma Komment	Re: Unexplaind Life You will find some mushrooms and polyps to be amongst the hardiest creatures in our tanks. Some are shipped in only damp paper towels by retailers, so they can be exposed to air and survive. We had 'shrooms and polyps survive in our sump (no light) for months. Congrats on the newfound life in the tank, and new hope! :-) __________________ ~ Teri -------- "You do not need a parachute to skydive. You only need a parachute to skydive twice." ~(currently tankless)~ Our 180g sps tank / DIY adventure (taken down in late 2006): Our 180g DIY Reef Project ---What's next????

12-28-2008, 03:40 PM	#4 (permalink)
Reddog170 Achilles Tang Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Winfield, IA Posts: 877 View Gallery Karma Komment Add yours!	Re: Unexplaind Life I am so suprised. I was thinking that everything was dead, boy was I wrong. You are right, I just saw a program on the "trash" belt. in 100 feet of water he pulled out more man made debris and trash than sealife, even plankton. I will keep looking and break out the red lights again. Shaun __________________ We are defined by the choices in whitch we make. http://www.reefsanctuary.com/forums/...t-sw-tank.html Moved to 100 http://www.reefsanctuary.com/forums/...ing-100-a.html VISIT MY CLUB SITE: www.iowareefs.com Ask me about Iowa reef events!

12-28-2008, 05:30 PM	#5 (permalink)
rmlevasseur Acropora Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Minnesota Posts: 1,849 View Gallery Karma Komment Add yours!	Re: Unexplaind Life Yea, don't forget they survived at least two ice ages as well. __________________ Robert http://www.reefsanctuary.com/forums/...ufas-tank.html

12-28-2008, 06:32 PM	#6 (permalink)
Reddog170 Achilles Tang Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Winfield, IA Posts: 877 View Gallery Karma Komment Add yours!	Re: Unexplaind Life That is true. Very true. I also saw, on my glass for the first time in forever, a snail. He must have been in the pile of shells as that was the only spot with visible algae. This is cool. But wait....... Why is stuff coming out now? Where exactly was it all hidden? I guess i may not ever know the real answers to these questions but it is curious, aint it? Shaun __________________ We are defined by the choices in whitch we make. http://www.reefsanctuary.com/forums/...t-sw-tank.html Moved to 100 http://www.reefsanctuary.com/forums/...ing-100-a.html VISIT MY CLUB SITE: www.iowareefs.com Ask me about Iowa reef events!

12-28-2008, 09:40 PM	#7 (permalink)
lcstorc Sunshine Reefer Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Cocoa Fl Posts: 26,437 View Gallery Karma Komment Add yours!	Re: Unexplaind Life I had stuff appear out of a piece of LR for 6 months. It was a 20g tank that ended up with nothing but a piece of LR. After a while we just watched it occasionally and had all sorts of stuff appear. Some of it was really cool. Here's one. We called him Shrek but he is really a That is a Sap-Sucker a Sacoglossa. It is an algae eating slug. It is one of the Oxynoe sp. It looks like a Oxynoe viridis. It is often found with Caulerpa racemosa. according to Boomer __________________ Peace LYNN Lynn and Franks saltwater adventure Lynn's 20g clown tank Lynn's 90g of sunshine Lynn's frag tank experiment A reef tank is like a race car. The faster you go the harder you crash.

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