aptasia?

[WalleyeGuy]

Today my hammer coral has withdrawn and I noticed this coming out of the base and stretching out to where it would normally be just under the outreached hammer. I have never seen an aptasia with a long tube on it so wanted to id it before I go mucking about with it. the length of the tube is a few inches

 

[Patx]

We need white light to see.

 

[WalleyeGuy]

 

[vetteguy53081]

Pics fuzzy but I believe I see one. Keep removal simple. Using a syringe or pipette, inject either lemon juice or better yet. . kalkwasser powder mixed with tank water into a paste the consistency of toothpaste and inject into the very center core and it will melt away

 

[Pistondog]

If you are referring to the tube and head, it looks like a featherduster in some pics. The tube looks too solid for aptasia, and if more than an inch would be a big one. Does the head retract into the tube?

 

[Fish Styx]

It is a tubiculous polycheate worm.

 

[WalleyeGuy]

If you are referring to the tube and head, it looks like a featherduster in some pics. The tube looks too solid for aptasia, and if more than an inch would be a big one. Does the head retract into the tube?

when I brush past it with a tongs it retracts, yes

 

[Pistondog]

when I brush past it with a tongs it retracts, yes

This is a feather duster

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[WalleyeGuy]

This is a feather duster

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tyvm, so just leave it alone right?

 

[Evil1]

If you are referring to the tube and head, it looks like a featherduster in some pics. The tube looks too solid for aptasia, and if more than an inch would be a big one. Does the head retract into the tube?

Yes I agree. Featherduster. Harmless

 

[Evil1]

tyvm, so just leave it alone right?

Yes that’s a good hitchhiker

 

[Aiptaisia anemone]

its not aiptaisia

 

[alohamaid808]

looks like a feather duster