Can you identify this?

[tylerandersen]

Was looking at some of my rocks today and noticed this growing in two different places. Any ideas what it is?

 

[tylerandersen]

It will suck back inside his tube

 

[Reefing Madness]

Just a feather duster, harmless, and a good filter feeder.

 

[Tankmaster]

It's a tube worm. Feather dusters are a type of tube worm. You can google tube worms and read more about them. Most are harmless just a pest.

 

[Mike J.]

Just a feather duster, harmless, and a good filter feeder.

To be specific, it's a Sabellid (AKA featherduster). Don't you love it, Madness, that no matter what you post someone has to be contrary?

 

[Reefing Madness]

Man, you guys are killin me here. :tongue:

 

[Tankmaster]

Scientific name for the common feather duster is Sebellastarte. There are different types of feather dusters so to say "it's a feather duster" is a vague and almost useless statement is he is trying to get rid of it. It could be a cluster duster, which by the way is the most common pest feather sister in the home aquarium.

 

[Mike J.]

Wow, okay. First, you corrected Madness' answer of featherduster to say, "it's a tube worm"; that's very informative. Now, you say the scientific name is "Sebellastarte" (spelling).
Sabellastarte is a species in the family Sabellidae, which is commonly referred to as the Hawaiian featherduster. That species in the photo is definitely not a Sabellastarte.

Want to split hairs with a marine biologist? I'm open for business.

 

[tylerandersen]

Thanks for your help/discussion.. I found a lot of them. I think they are pretty cool

 

[Mike J.]

They are very cool; and, are a sign of a healthy tank. Love mine.

 

[tylerandersen]

Well good.. This is my first tank so any sign I'm doing something right is gladly accepted

 

[tylerandersen]

Here is something else that showed up on my candy cane coral. It appears to be one polyp and I initially thought it was a zoa.

 

[Naiad]

Does it appear to have a skeleton or just flesh?

 

[tylerandersen]

No skeleton, just flesh. It looks just like a zoa when it closes up but when open, it's not the flat circular shape just little tentacles coming out

 

[Finnaddict]

Looks Like a Majano anemone.

 

[Naiad]

I would go with Majano anemone as stated above then.

 

[Reefing Madness]

Yea, the second pis looks like a Mojano Anemone

 

[tylerandersen]

Awesome I took it out and iced it down so that I could get it off.. Heard they multiply like crazy and sting corals. Now I have another one.. Found this while looking in my aquarium tonight.. It's a reddish small worm. It's right in the center of the picture crawling under my gsp.

 

[Naiad]

Baby bristle worm. Just a scavenger. Some people remove them because they can sting in self defense with all those bristles but are generally harmless.

 

[tylerandersen]

Awesome, thanks!