Chritters in my cheato

[thedunemaster]

I noticed these ... tube worm thingies ... In my refugiium Cheato. They likely came in with some other macro alge I brought in from the wild. Anyone know what they are? Good, bad or ugly?

 

[Subsea]

Micro feather dusters are abundant in my 25 year cryptic refugium. I consider them a healthy bioindicator.

 

[thedunemaster]

@Subsea thanks for your reply. Take a look a this video and see if you still think featherduster. They move more lite a crab or animal. YouTube link below.

 

[Subsea]

@Subsea thanks for your reply. Take a look a this video and see if you still think featherduster. They move more lite a crab or animal.

Your video didn’t post. However, I went back and looked at closeup of your initial picture and see what looks like 4 capture mechanisms instead of filter feeding feathers.

 

[kevgib67]

@ISpeakForTheSeas ?

 

[BristleWormHater]

Never seen anything like that, very interesting how they reach out of the tube to grab stuff then go back in. @ISpeakForTheSeas

 

[Subsea]

@Subsea thanks for your reply. Take a look a this video and see if you still think featherduster. They move more lite a crab or animal. YouTube link below.

I think a type of suspension feeding hydroid

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[kchristensen8064]

These are not Hydroids, or feather dusters of any sort. They appear to be some sort of tube worm, but I'm still searching to figure out what kind as I am definitely curious at this point. I'm leaning towards a decorator/plumed worm or a ornate tube worm of some sort.

 

[ISpeakForTheSeas]

@ISpeakForTheSeas ?

Never seen anything like that, very interesting how they reach out of the tube to grab stuff then go back in. @ISpeakForTheSeas

Tube-building amphipods - they should be harmless/beneficial. Weird to see them in Chaeto though.

 

[thedunemaster]

Tube-building amphipods it is ! Thanks for the help on the ID. I couldn't find anything on google.