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Danfish
05/19/2006, 11:56 PM
I've searched and searched and I can't seem to find any images of anything that looks quite like this.

Its small, maybe 2-4mm across, and all over one of my pieces of live rock. It has no oral disc that I can see, and the "feathers" attach right onto the rock in the middle (no collumn), so I'm not thinking Aiptasia. Looks more like some kind of feather duster, but tiny and transluscent.

http://f5.putfile.com/5/13901515041.jpg
http://f5.putfile.com/5/13901513757.jpg
Fiddler
05/20/2006, 12:09 AM
yeah i got some of those, 99% sure it's a feather duster
Blown 346
05/20/2006, 12:19 AM
Yup, Feather duster.
Danfish
05/20/2006, 12:22 AM
So no worries with my snails or corals or anything?

Thanks :)
Blown 346
05/20/2006, 12:31 AM
Nope, you will find as your tank matures, you will have them all over. They are harmless filter feeders that help keep the water clean.
ROB2005
05/20/2006, 10:38 PM
naw just sum fun to look at feather duster like Blown 346 said they will be all over ur tank some haven even setup shop in my sump area
funman1
05/21/2006, 01:12 AM
I have these and were told they were featers but found out mine are barnacles...

They never seem to get any bigger