Critter ID? Vermetid snails?

[AydenLincoln]

I know these photos are really bad but it’s hard to get a good photo of them because they retract when the lights go on. They are brown and white and move like a worm or feather duster. I’m thinking maybe they could be teeny tiny medusa worms or vermetids either way I still have a tank full or coral?

 

[besskurz]

I am awaiting the specialists as well.

Btw are these live rocks? You got some orange spots, those are sponges?

 

[vetteguy53081]

When expanded, pics are fuzzy
Vermetid will have calcium hard tubes often spiraled with mucus strings coming from opening and tube worms will be more muddy in appearance with a fan coming from opening

 

[AydenLincoln]

When expanded, pics are fuzzy
Vermetid will have calcium hard tubes often spiraled with mucus strings coming from opening and tube worms will be more muddy in appearance with a fan coming from opening

Definitely more of a fan. Maybe small tube worms?

 

[AydenLincoln]

I am awaiting the specialists as well.

Btw are these live rocks? You got some orange spots, those are sponges?

It’s a clove polyp coral skeleton. Filled with life including coralline algae, orange sponges, zoas, anemones, etc. I killed some of the life trying to kill what I’m pretty sure was a gorilla crab. I haven’t seen him since I dipped it in hydrogen peroxide a few weeks ago.

 

[ISpeakForTheSeas]

The pics are pretty blurry, but - based off the first pic - maybe barnacles?

 

[AydenLincoln]

To those of you on a computer! Watch it move. Again very hard to get a good photo/video when they are light reactive.

 

[AydenLincoln]

The pics are pretty blurry, but - based off the first pic - maybe barnacles?

I know it’s so hard to get a photo. I know it’s not a barnacle I will say that because they are moving A LOT! I’m thinking some kind of tube worm the more I look at them and see a little tiny fuzzy thing coming out of some.

 

[AydenLincoln]

To those of you on a computer! Watch it move. Again very hard to get a good photo/video when they are light reactive.

@vetteguy53081 Any better?

 

[AydenLincoln]

The best photo I could get from a video. @ISpeakForTheSeas

 

[ISpeakForTheSeas]

The best photo I could get from a video. @ISpeakForTheSeas

The video helped me see what you're meaning - it does seem to move like a worm. Would it be possible for you to get a closer up photo?

Does the first pic you posted show the oral tentacles/other "mouth parts" of one of these guys?

Also, do these move around your tank at all, or do they just stay in their little holes/burrows and occasionally pop out to retract back in later like in the video?

 

[fish farmer]

Peanut worm?

 

[AydenLincoln]

The video helped me see what you're meaning - it does seem to move like a worm. Would it be possible for you to get a closer up photo?

Does the first pic you posted show the oral tentacles/other "mouth parts" of one of these guys?

Also, do these move around your tank at all, or do they just stay in their little holes/burrows and occasionally pop out to retract back in later like in the video?

I saw one in the sand one time but other than that they just come out a little and retract back into the holes of the coral. No from what I could see briefly it looked more like a feather duster shape/flower shape and then the mouth retracted and I haven’t seen it again.

 

[AydenLincoln]

I’m going to try and pull one out tonight!

 

[AydenLincoln]

I happened to stumble upon these links m and have identified it as a pacific peanut worm (phascolosoma agassizii).

Worm Hitch Hikers

The identification of Worms found within live rock and live sand

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Peanut Worms (Sipunculans)

Here's a couple of pics of my peanut worm (no jokes please :crossedlips:). This guy has captured my attention for several months now. He lives in a rock that faces the front of my fuge and comes out to eat when I feed the tank. It's amazing how far he can stretch out from that small hole...

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