What are these?!?!

[Dylan7huskies]

These little plants have been sprouting up all over my tank. They’ll open and close. Any idea what they are and if they are bad? Good?

 

[Daniel92481]

Could be aiptasia, but not 100% sure! If so, they’re not good. There are ways to eradicate them, such as super glue or hot water. Maybe someone else can chime in.

 

[DSC reef]

Looks like feather dusters to me.

 

[MERKEY]

+1 to feather dusters but get a good close up shot to be sure!

 

[El_Guapo13]

Can you get a more zoomed in pic? Or give more details on the description of these things? A part of me thinks they might be feateher dusters, as I used to have some until they mysteriously died. Definitely not because I accidentally knocked rocks over and crushed them while cleaning my tank.

 

[Megability]

+1 feather dusters... good, keep ‘em

 

[Dylan7huskies]

+1 feather dusters... good, keep ‘em

How are they good???

 

[Dylan7huskies]

Looking up feather dusters that’s got to be what they are! Thanks everyone! So they are good? How so??

 

[Wolf89]

Filter feeders.

 

[Dylan7huskies]

Filter feeders.

What do you mean?

 

[Idoc]

What do you mean?

Means they're good to have... they filter the water for their food.

 

[Cfellini91]

That looks like feather dusters or apatisia. Feather dusters are great as they help will consuming nutrients out of the tank as well as an indicator for good water parameters. If you see these guys open and growing you’re doing right by your parameters. If they are closed it’s good chance your water could be off. If it’s apatisia or glass anemones they are pest and will grow fast and radically. You would want to eradicate them. You can do so by using products such as Apatisa X by Red Sea or putting super glue in them. They close up fast so your window is short once they feel something. Tube worms or feather dusters that are commonly occurring in new tanks are whiteish. Glass anemones or apatisa are brown and translucent in color. If you upload better pictures identifying the could be easier.

 

[Dylan7huskies]

 

[Dylan7huskies]

 

[Dylan7huskies]

That looks like feather dusters or apatisia. Feather dusters are great as they help will consuming nutrients out of the tank as well as an indicator for good water parameters. If you see these guys open and growing you’re doing right by your parameters. If they are closed it’s good chance your water could be off. If it’s apatisia or glass anemones they are pest and will grow fast and radically. You would want to eradicate them. You can do so by using products such as Apatisa X by Red Sea or putting super glue in them. They close up fast so your window is short once they feel something. Tube worms or feather dusters that are commonly occurring in new tanks are whiteish. Glass anemones or apatisa are brown and translucent in color. If you upload better pictures identifying the could be easier.

Down below!

 

[Dylan7huskies]

Can you get a more zoomed in pic? Or give more details on the description of these things? A part of me thinks they might be feateher dusters, as I used to have some until they mysteriously died. Definitely not because I accidentally knocked rocks over and crushed them while cleaning my tank.

Posted more pictures

 

[El_Guapo13]

Posted more pictures

Definitely feather dusters. You can see the tube that the worm keeps its body in on the one that I circled in your pic:

 

[Wolf89]

Feather dusters arent harmful, but dont really have much of a benefit besides looking cool. I mean they filter water, but not really enough to be noticable

 

[Dylan7huskies]

Definitely feather dusters. You can see the tube that the worm keeps its body in on the one that I circled in your pic:

Yeah there’s a tube for sure!

 

[Cfellini91]

Down below!

My bad! Yea those are feather duster/ tube worms. Filter feeders. Good sign you’re off to a good start.