Barnacles,anenomes,sponges,and oysters?

[crickit24]

I was just down at the Gulf of Mexico and picked up a few shells that I thought would good in the tank. One of the shells I noticed had barnacles on it, so when I got back to my friends house I put it in a cup with some water from his SW tank, I have brought it back to NE with me and have had it in quarantine in a seperate container doing daily water changes from my tank. In the past week I have noticed about 10 to 15 banacles, 1 ananome (looks like aptasia) and two different sponges (one is round and white),(the other has a tubular look almost if it would host a critter). To my suprise the oyster is alive and has two or three small ones clung on the the cluster of oyster/barnacle shells.

I've done a lot of researching on all but little luck except the barnacles.

My BIG question is should I enter it into the tank?
Could the Barnacles spread to enomous amounts, like the docks, ect. blocking and covering everything?
I don't suspect the oyster could be a poblem but I don't know much about them. (my research has let me to oysters for food)
I'm not to sure about the sponges I know some come in on LR but since the location where I picked it up.

But of course the anenome would go.

Any feed back for cations or go aheads would be appreciated.

Thanks for Helping
Crickit24

[Mrs Smith]

I personally wouldn't risk introducing a pathogen or contaminant into my reef... considering that all of my rock/corals/etc have been "sheltered" as it were, from the wild for so long.

Spanky and some others who do more wild collecting would know better than I...

Danielle

[aquaticsdeptleader]

i have asked about barnacles before i was told they cant get enough food and evetualy die this has been the fate of those whom hitch hiked on my last hermits.


fwiw jim

[crickit24]

Thanks for the response I'll keep that in mind. I talked to my pet store, (Scott really knows alot I mean alot) he did'nt think that the barnacles or oysters would pose much problem, and that I was doing the right thing by quaranting it.


As for my tank no corals yet
180g
190-200lbs LR
200 lbs LS
2 penguin 1140 power heads (in tank)
1 CAP 800 power head (in tank)
2 Protien skimmers 1. Excalibur 2. Berlin Venturi Skimmer rated up to 250g
1.RIO 1700 pumping sump to tank

4 Pajama Cardnals
5 Blue green Chromis
5 False percula Clowns
1 Ward Sleeper Goby
1 Powder Blue Tang
1 Mandrain dragonnett

Lots of Hermit crabs Scarlet, Blue Leg, Zebra, Halloween, and a couple of left handed
Plenty of snails Margaritta, trochus, and turbos
1 sand sifting sea star
1 sea cucumber
Lots of small anemoes similar to flower pot anemoes

For lights I have two dual 48" with coral life 10,000k bulbs and the blue atinic, I also have a new light its a Helio 36" with four small lights underneath nice light (some times wonder if my fish don't like it)

Here is a pic hope its not to bad crappy digitall camera

[aquaticsdeptleader]

what kind of rock is that some of the nicest shapes i have ever seen

[crickit24]

Most of the rock is Atlantic vovaln live rock, 90lbs is Kaelini live rock, few pieces of tonga branch, I picked up maybee 30lbs of completly dead marshall Island rock and put the nice pieces in there for show. Its been almost a year and there is some fans on them along with coraline algea.

Here is a pic of the 54lb Alantic I took plenty of pics trying to get a good one here is the best I could get (trust me more colorfull than the pic).

I've had it for 2 years this spring. First had it in 55g before I went with the 180.


Crickit24

[icebear]

That is nice rock....it looks like it is formed in plates almost...is it very dense and where did you get it?

[crickit24]

I picked it up at a pet store in Bellevue NE. (Bellevue Pet Center). Great people there, they know alot. As for the rock being dense not to bad, when I was buying it they wanted to give me the eel that was in it, he was about 2 1/2 feet long but could'nt see it untill you put your hand in the water, talk about vicious. I did'nt want that in the tank. Its not the most porous rock I have but its pretty good.