Help With ID Never Seen Anything Like It

[va_blue_stang]

We found this hanging out from under our red mushroom rock today and have never seen anything like it. It opens and closes what looks like a mouth on the front of it. Thanks for the help and hopefully the pictures are plain enough.

http://i690.photobucket.com/albums/vv263/va_blue_stang/reef%20tank%20rebuild/100_2626.jpg
http://i690.photobucket.com/albums/vv263/va_blue_stang/reef%20tank%20rebuild/100_2625.jpg

[mdntrdr]

Tunicate or Sea squirt?

[dwculp]

+1 on the tunicate or sea squirt, leaning more towards the tunicate side.

[va_blue_stang]

are they anything to be worried about and will they spread?

[mdntrdr]

They're cool.

Filter feeders.

[dwculp]

Nothing you need to worry about and it most likely wont spread as they are very difficult to keep alive in an aquarium.

[va_blue_stang]

we've had the rock for months it was the first corla we added, kind of wild how it never showed itself till now.

[dwculp]

Tunicates and sea squirts are strange beasts. The same thing happened to me, had the rock for awhile then all of a sudden I get a burst of orange tunicates on one of the rocks, they hung around for a couple days and then never seen again.

[mdntrdr]

Keep lookin' you'll find other things also!

[iwishtofish]

That thing is cool! I hope it sticks around for a while (if you want it to...)!

Is that a feather duster tube next to it?

[pwfish]

My experience is has been a short life span with the sea squirts but they sure look neat.

[Bonta]

Oo I have the same thing under the rock my toadstool resides on. Its been alive for 9 months now.

[Reefobsession]

Sweet wish I had one.

[HerbanShaman]

Very cool brim on that one. I have one that's transluscent jelly blue; I'm jealous of yours

[4G1v3N]

looks like a chupa cabra

[redfishsc]

Tunicate or Sea squirt?


I thought sea squirts were tunicates?

[Frick-n-Frags]

+1 on the tunicate or sea squirt, leaning more towards the tunicate side.

:D that's good. i lol'd