Also not a photographer

annietye · #1 10/19/2007, 12:26 AM

I just got a small shipment of live rock from Tampa Bay Saltwater and am stunned by the amount of life! I have no idea what I am doing with the camera, it basically works itself (Canon Powershot), but I really want to show some of these pictures off =)

annietye · #2 10/19/2007, 12:32 AM

Oops-still trying to figure out how to post pics

gregr · #3 10/19/2007, 09:00 AM

Wow- that is pretty amazing. Do you know what the creatures are?

gumby007 · #4 10/19/2007, 09:41 AM

The top picture looks like a sea slug, nudibranch, but I'm a noob and I could be totally off

Off first glance, the 2nd picture looks almost like a mantis shrimp all cramped up in a little hole. But then again, my screen is filtered right now due to dark room.
Cool Pics though

gregr · #5 10/19/2007, 10:04 AM

I agree- I thought it was a nudibranch and mantis too. Cool as they are (especially the Mantis- they are amazing) they can both bring trouble

Rosseau · #6 10/19/2007, 10:20 AM

I at first thought that the second pic down had some sort of cephalopod and got pretty excited...

Does anybody else see that? At least the eye, and then a bulge afterwords seems to look that way.

I do see some mantis-like appendages beneath the eye though.

chk4tix · #7 10/19/2007, 01:19 PM

That is some great live rock, I would like some of that for my tank.

annietye · #8 10/20/2007, 03:59 PM

I thought the top guy was a nudibranch too. He was only about 2mm. Really incredible though! He was truckin' through a pretty good current with no problem.

The second is a mantis, some people in the mantis shrimp forum are pretty sure he's M. wennerae. He's a good 2 inches! I can hear him popping away in the tank. I hope he hasn't killed too much yet, I am going to dedicate a tank to him. He's really cool!

Rosseau, check these pictures out, these little guys were hanging out right near the nudibranch.

annietye · #9 10/20/2007, 04:08 PM

Nudi was about 10mm-not 2mm!

Rosseau · #10 10/21/2007, 12:36 PM

I found this in my tank the other day.

It turns out it is a cnidarian eating nudibranch.. uh oh.

It looks similar to yours, however is definately different.

I was referred to this site for a proper ID.

http://www.seaslugforum.net/factsheet.cfm?base=triteleg

Rosseau · #11 10/21/2007, 12:38 PM

This guy is about 3mm.

thor32766 · #12 10/22/2007, 12:09 PM

love the mantis.