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[angelsj247]

well i dont have a picture but just seeing if anyone knows what this could be... in my rocks at night there was a tiny string looking thing poking out of a hole in the rock.. it looked like a piece of hair.. it was a reddish color. but then it would fan out like a feather then go back thin.. and kept doing it.. anyone know what it could be.. sorry to small for a picture. thanks

[Travis L. Stevens]

Barnacle maybe? Or is it a Coeloplana?

Barnacle
http://www.glf.dfo-mpo.gc.ca/sci-sci/bysea-enmer/images/img_balanus_sp.jpg

Coeloplana
http://www.imagequest3d.com/catalogue/ctenophores/images/h097_jpg.jpg

[steel3470]

I think i know what you are talking about i read something yesterday i dont rember what its called but it in the rocks and comes out for food and as it grabs food it slowly brings the food down ill try to find more for you.

[angelsj247]

i think it looks more like Coeloplana, but it was no way near that long.. i just saw a tiny bit of it stick out.. what is a coeloplana?

[angelsj247]

thanks steel3470

[Travis L. Stevens]

A Coeloplana is a type of Ctenophore. They are very cool to watch. I used to have tons of them in my tank, but they eventually went away. If you look close enough, you can see when particulate food hits their tentacle, they retract it into their mouths. They're very fascinating to watch. They won't harm anything if that is what you have in your tank.

It could also be a few various other things, but you said "feather" like. There are also Vermetid Snails that secrete a long mucous to ensnare food particles, and then they draw them back in. It could also be something like a Peanut Worm or even a Spaghetti Worm. But none of those are what I would consider "feather" like.

[angelsj247]

thanks.. it is featherlike.