Hitch hiker ID

[LAA]

Hey guys I got live rock and was wondering what this was. Xenia maybe?

 

[blaxsun]

Bottom right? Xenia or some other kind of polyp.

 

[LAA]

Could these be Vermited snails? Because there’s little hard sticks coming out of rock that look like them. If they are. Are they bad?

 

[neo1738]

Looks like aptasia to me. If it's soft and white that is likely aptasia.

 

[youcallmenny1]

Looks like featherdusters to me. Kind of hard to see. White lights and zoomed in would help.

 

[damsels are not mean]

Some kind of clove polyp. Some of those can be pretty invasive so be careful.

 

[dedragon]

feather dusters are the only thing i can see in that picture, but circle the part in question to be sure

 

[LAA]

We took the rock out

 

[SaltwaterSky]

Featherdusters + vermetid snail+ spriobid worms - only vertmetid snails are pests.

 

[LAA]

So u think it’s feather duster? The kind that gets large? Cause there is a ton of them

 

[LAA]

Here is the bottom of rock

 

[WheatToast]

Here is the bottom of rock

It is hard to tell what is in the first, due to the blue lighting. The second picture depicts tubes worms and sponges (web-like creature), harmless filter-feeders.

 

[Double monti 61]

Feather dusters can overtake your tank but I have seen that in most cases their numbers diminish and only a few survive but overall I do not believe they are bad and I would not nuke the rock.

 

[ying yang]

From first picture looks like 2 feather parts from 2 tube worms but so hard sewing in blue lights.
Your last picture defo looks like lots of tubes from tube worms/ feather dusters,and some sponges.
Sorry took screenshot before others posted after 2nd picture.
But look up vermitted snails and tube worms,and if Any vermitteds then remove imo

 

[dedragon]

its hard to tell between the feather duster tubes and vermetid, but easier when they poke their heads out

 

[knockout]

Would be good to get a picture with day spectrum lights