Odd looking tubes on my live rock

[Alexzor]

Hi. I have some new LR that has interesting clusters of tubes that resemble some sort of anenome. They are very small and golden brown in color. I was curious if anyone knew what these were and if I should leave them alone.

thanks

[Ms_Jerk]

An anemone? First thing I thought of before you said that were feather dusters. . .

Do you have a picture you could show?

[gpd124]

Sounds like he may be describing aiptasia.

[louie07]

pic would be useful... im thinking aiptasia, or possibly organ pipe coral.... could be a group of smaller tube worms.... deffinetely post some pics, or a link to some

[sondaar]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=14725630#post14725630 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by gpd124
Sounds like he may be describing aiptasia.

+1

[Ms_Jerk]

Your right. . . .I'm just a newb :D

[Alexzor]

I do not belive that they are aiptasia because I just killed off everyone that i could find. These grow it seems in a very tight colony of tube structures that are physicly stiff to the touch and break off if you press on them. They are very small in comparison to the aiptasia and I wish I had a camera handy! It's a crying shame.

[kook1e]

feather dusters

[davewbush]

Sounds like feather dusters to me to.

[Alexzor]

Are they good? bad? or just a little funky?

[SaltyDr]

could be tunicates

[kook1e]

feather dusters are great. i love them, they are pretty unique.. inside the tube is a worm, which extends its 'crown' to feed. i have a good sized one in my tank.. about the size of the palm of my hand. they filter the water for phytoplankton and what not. not harmful at all

[drummereef]

Could very well be Vermetid snails. Click the link to see if they look like this....


http://www.reefkeeping.com/issues/2005-01/rs/index.php



Please don't tell me they look like this. In that case you have hydroids. :(


http://i202.photobucket.com/albums/aa113/drummereef/Hitchhikers/UnknownID2.jpg

[MartinEric]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=14728229#post14728229 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by drummereef
Could very well be Vermetid snails. Click the link to see if they look like this....


http://www.reefkeeping.com/issues/2005-01/rs/index.php



Please don't tell me they look like this. In that case you have hydroids. :(


http://i202.photobucket.com/albums/aa113/drummereef/Hitchhikers/UnknownID2.jpg

Would be my guess as well.

[gutter]

yup I was gonna say hydroids, I let them grow in my tank for a couple years thinking they were some kind of feather dusters, now it's gonna be a pain pruning them all out. Weird thing is I didnt start seeing them until my tank was several years old and hadnt added anything in awhile, plus it had gone through a bad tank crash

[gutter]

speaking of which, this thread inspired me to go hydroid tweezing in my tank....much more of a hassle than I imagined. :mad2: I think I might take the rock out and use a lighter on the stragglers

[WaterKeeper]

Here is a tunicate
http://www.tunicates.com/tunicates.jpg