Odd RBTA Tentacle - What could it be?

RJinPV · Apr 27, 2019

I have an RBTA that is very healthy and has been that way for years. I noticed an odd tentacle that looks like there is a milky colored substance inside of one tentacle and it seems to be coming out of the tip too. It almost looks like a fungus growth or infection of some sort. Has anyone seen something like this and know what it might be?

James M · Apr 27, 2019

I’ve read the white strings are mesenterial filaments that are in the tentacles

reef lover · Apr 27, 2019

+1...did it brush up on another coral?

reef lover · Apr 27, 2019

This is an odd tentacle...

dylana407 · Apr 28, 2019

reef lover said:
This is an odd tentacle...

That's actually normal. My nems do that all the time.

RJinPV · Apr 28, 2019

reef lover said:
+1...did it brush up on another coral?

It is possible that it touched a frogspawn coral but there are 20+ more tentacles that are closer to the frogspawn and more likely too than this one. I'll keep an eye on it and see if it changes.

Captain Quint · Apr 28, 2019

Does the BTA allow hosting? If so, your clowns should groom that with no worries.

RJinPV · Apr 28, 2019

Captain Quint said:
Does the BTA allow hosting? If so, your clowns should groom that with no worries.

Yes, It has been hosting two clowns for a number of years. They don't seem to notice it at all

RJinPV · May 8, 2019

I thought I would wrap this up just for completeness. The odd tentacle was never the one closest to the frogspawn and it stayed that way for several days, until one morning it just wasn't there anymore. The RBTA is fine and never developed similar tentacles