[LFS recommendations?]

I will only go to Blue Ribbon Koi in Manassas/Catharpin. I've been to all the stores in the area; there stuff is the best price most of the time, and most importantly, they will get to know you by name and are always friendly, helpful, and worth whatever you spend there. Not to mention the livestock I've gotten from them has NEVER turned out to be less than stellar. I won't go elsewhere. period.

[Critter Identification Help, please...]

Thanks a bunch to everyone! How nice is it to have a community of knowledge to share? It's nice to have a hobby where you can find something new every day, even nicer to be able to figure out what it is exactly that you're finding!

[Critter Identification Help, please...]

I just inherited a 20L that I moved into a NC24; all is set up nicely and running very well. All inhabitants are very happy. I've been noticing over the weeks some critters that I was hoping someone could help me ID. I'll be the first to tell you, my photography is poor at best, so here goes:

 

1. Barnacle/Feather critter - has 10 or so white feather fingers; protrudes and retracts at random and when food is in the tank. Appears to live in a barnacle:

 

2. Brown mussle - about 1 inch long, footed in the live rock and opens up during the day, expecially when food is in the tank

 

3. Little 'snail without a shell' - looks like a snail without a shell; about 1/4 inch long, maybe bigger; whitish with antennaes and grazes the liverock; it's the whitish guy grazing near the substrate on a snail shell

 

4. Big 'snail without a shell' - looks like a much larger snail without a shell; foot is dark and is about 1x1 inch. It has a tube 'mouth' that pokes out and grazes the liverock - It's the dark guy in the center of the picture

 

Any help is MUCH appreciated!!!! Thanks a million in advance