Curious Growth

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I purchased a nice little feather duster on the weekend. It was open in the store, I acclimated it using a water exchange method (I do this for all my inverts for about 2 hours), it then opened up later that day in quarantine.

The next day it did not open at all. Later on I found a snail (not sure what type, could be nassarius, it is a weird looking snail which hitch-hiked into QT) sucking on the top end of the worms tube.

Presumed dead at this point.

I did notice some benign looking extensions on the bottom side of the tube (they would have been buried in the store). But did not think much of it.

Today, those growths have opened up, and look a bit like a zoa. Although, I have never seen a zoa polyp with such a long 'body'. Here are some images, any thoughts on what this may be are much appreciated!

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Look like zoanthids to me as well. I've seen mine go long like that . . .

~Bruce, whose featherduster cast its crown yesterday, and was seen hanging halfway out of its tube last night . . .
 
Becuse i usto have abonch of fealer duster and one look like that one. A trigger fish bieted a it was all close up
 
It should be in sand. If its qt tank place some sand in a cup tp hide its tube for now till it can go in tank

I have had my duster pop its crown before and came back a week or two latter. Let it adjust and should be fine.
 
Fair enough! The only other one I have is a coco and he was out right away, with minimal trepidation... Do you think rubble would do instead of sand?

I will have to see about fragging these zoas off before burring it again...

It looks to me, as if the first inch of the 'shell' has died off, there is a distinct colour difference. Unless of course the first inch is very new, a growth spurt I suppose could look different...
 

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