Cryptic zone critter id

1979fishgeek · Apr 28, 2018

Does anyone know what this is growing over my rocks? The white wire/hair like stuff covering the live rock like a fur coat. It grows in all areas where light does not reach.

KJ · Apr 28, 2018

Bryozoan filter feeder.

1979fishgeek · Apr 29, 2018

KJ said:
Bryozoan filter feeder.

Thank you

tangtime · Apr 29, 2018

I don’t have any of that! just a bunch of sponge. How long has yours been running?

KJ · Apr 29, 2018

1979fishgeek said:
Thank you

YW

cloak · Apr 29, 2018

Do they have a crown? (or something else?) They look more like tube worms of some sort than Bryozoans IMO.

1979fishgeek · Apr 30, 2018

cloak said:
Do they have a crown? (or something else?) They look more like tube worms of some sort than Bryozoans IMO.

No crown. They are like rigid fine white little wires, too thin for tube worms and they don’t move. I can’t see find the Bryozoan species they are, but that’s probably what they are. Def not sponges, or worms, or algae either.