srains

I have a few critters boring holes in my live rock? They are blue with antanne looking eyes that they can move in opposite directions and are about the size of a pink.y finger. they have the body shape of a huge rollie pollie. Can anyone help me identify these.

sgould

Can you post a picture?

Coryd55

Any pictures?

srains

this is the best i could get.

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Peterpiper

Looks like you got Mantis Srimp... not good, they well kill and eat every thing in your tank. Check this link to see if it is a Mantis
http://www.xtalworld.com/Aquarium/hitchfaq.htm

drumbum540

That is a great website Peterpiper! but I have read that bristle worms can be bad for coral. I wouldn't know because I don't have any coral. yet! But I think it might be mantis shrimp. you will want to get rid of them as they WILL eat everything it can grab. I have two questions did you not see them until they were the size of a pinky finger and did you get your rock dry or wet?

Rbacchiega

lots of people keep mantis shrimp in a separate tank or even in their fuge. I think they are some of the ugliest things out there, thank god there's none in my tanks that I can see.

Iluvatar

You should take them out somehow but how did you get them.
One time I had jellyfish looking stuff in my tank growing out of
the live rock but then I cleaned It and got them again but I dont
get them anymore