Stumped !

Fishrecreations · Mar 7, 2018

I have managed to ID everything in my nano tank so far, but these have me stumped, I cant even tell if they are plant or animal ! only about 1cm long and a bit less wide.

saltyfilmfolks · Mar 7, 2018

How interesting! I’ve had a few pop up recently too! ;Woot

But I’m also stumped!

Let’s #reefsquad and see what happens!

dbl · Mar 7, 2018

Not a clue but signing up in hopes of learning something.

Brew12 · Mar 7, 2018

Fishrecreations said:
I have managed to ID everything in my nano tank so far, but these have me stumped, I cant even tell if they are plant or animal ! only about 1cm long and a bit less wide.

I have absolutely no idea... But Welcome to Reef2Reef!!!

Hopefully someone can ID those crazy little things.

Diesel · Mar 7, 2018

What is it growing on with that hole in itt?
Looks like a leg bone

Crabs McJones · Mar 7, 2018

Diesel said:
What is it growing on with that hole in itt?
Looks like a leg bone

OP found the remains of Jimmy Hoffa

saltyfilmfolks · Mar 7, 2018

crabs_mcjones said:
OP found the remains of Jimmy Hoffa

Ewww, that means I have the other parts.

Jason mack · Mar 7, 2018

I also have no idea , never seen Anything like that before , so i Will also follow along !!

DSC reef · Mar 7, 2018

No clue on this one. Looks fibrous like a plant. Reminds me of an artichoke. Lol

jsker · Mar 7, 2018

Vertebrae

wattson · Mar 7, 2018

looks like the anchoring tendon/ligament or foot of a clam or muscle uses to anchor itself to the rock...
where the clam go ?

dbl · Mar 7, 2018

wattson said:
looks like the anchoring tendon or foot of a clam or muscle uses to anchor itself to the rock...
where the clam go ?

I thought about that too, and I'm not saying it's not correct. But my experience with a clams "foot" is it was very "fibrous" looking. Almost "hairy" looking. But like I said, it could very well be clam related.

Fudsey · Mar 7, 2018

DSC reef said:
No clue on this one. Looks fibrous like a plant. Reminds me of an artichoke. Lol

Exactly what I was thinking....;Hilarious;Hilarious

saltyfilmfolks · Mar 7, 2018

wattson said:
looks like the anchoring tendon/ligament or foot of a clam or muscle uses to anchor itself to the rock...
where the clam go ?

In my tank , that’s actually quite possible...

wattson · Mar 7, 2018

I have some small hitch hiker clams in my system and when they die,,I usually pull the shell parts off the rock and this tendon remains on the rock...looks very similar to the pictures here..

DSC reef · Mar 7, 2018

jsker said:
Vertebrae

Are we sure this rock isn't a type of fossil?

wattson · Mar 7, 2018

DSC reef said:
Are we sure this rock isn't a type of fossil?

very possible too,,but do you think that soft tissue would of decomposed away eventually before this rock could be labeled a fossile ?

jsker · Mar 7, 2018

I going with @crabs_mcjones theory

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wattson · Mar 7, 2018

jsker said:
I going with @crabs_mcjones theory.

lol
be nice to see the whole rock to try and see if it could resemble a vertebrae bone possibly.

Fishrecreations · Mar 7, 2018

They do look like ligaments/sinews, but def were not clams, they have grown. The "rock" is simply a bit of live rock that came with some other bits. So old dead coral of some sort. I thought these things were actually going to grow into some sort of plant, like an anchor for kelp, but then they stopped growing,