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jgranata13
03/20/2017, 06:03 PM
I recently acquired a few coral frags, and one of them has two very tiny sets of antennae (?) sticking out of one side of the base (see video below). Whatever creatures they belong to seem to always stay in that frag, and the antennae are always poking out of the same side of the frag, though they do move around a little bit. If I disturb the tank, they quickly retract, but then they come right out again. I've never seen any hitchhikers with antennae like this before. Any ideas?

You have to watch the video in full screen on the highest quality setting, and your screen has to be completely clean or else you won't be able to see them because they're that fine. They're on the right side of the platygyra frag (back left), and they're just above the line where the eggcrate ends


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tjb41YNc9LI

AlSimmons
03/20/2017, 06:05 PM
Spionid worm perhaps?

Mwhreefer
03/20/2017, 08:24 PM
Could be a small ball tip anemone.

Mine looks like this now.


http://i722.photobucket.com/albums/ww230/mwhcobra/tank%202017%203_zps674c3001.jpg (http://s722.photobucket.com/user/mwhcobra/media/tank%202017%203_zps674c3001.jpg.html)


Use to look like

http://i722.photobucket.com/albums/ww230/mwhcobra/new%20420_zps635de829.jpg (http://s722.photobucket.com/user/mwhcobra/media/new%20420_zps635de829.jpg.html)


Or it could be sweeper tentacles from the coral.