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426Hemi
12/08/2012, 12:38 PM
Unable to find anything via search.

http://i425.photobucket.com/albums/pp340/426HEMI/IMG_20121208_125029.jpg

http://i425.photobucket.com/albums/pp340/426HEMI/IMG_20121208_125023.jpg

http://i425.photobucket.com/albums/pp340/426HEMI/IMG_20121208_125020.jpg
Anemone
12/08/2012, 02:44 PM
Likely an egg sac produced by a worm. I occasionally see them on the sand as well. Will probably disappear shortly, no harm done.

Kevin
slapshot
12/08/2012, 02:52 PM
Do you have a wrasse?
426Hemi
12/08/2012, 04:12 PM
Do you have a wrasse?

Yes, a six line wrasse.
Sugar Magnolia
12/08/2012, 06:20 PM
Yes, a six line wrasse.


That is its mucus bubble it secretes to sleep in. They do that to protect themselves from nightime predators in the wild.
salty child 79
12/08/2012, 07:15 PM
Definitely not a wrasse cocoon. I have that bubble once a month or so and I have no wrasses. It's is some type of spaghetti worm mucus. I have one with 7" tentacles in my rock and it makes the bubble.
426Hemi
12/08/2012, 07:34 PM
That is its mucus bubble it secretes to sleep in. They do that to protect themselves from nightime predators in the wild.

Awesome, thank you. Learn something new everyday in this hobby.