anyone id these?
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Topic: anyone id these?
Posted By: willrileyiv
Subject: anyone id these?
Date Posted: July 02 2012 at 5:20pm
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i need help to id these. i know they are not aptasia and have been told they are small tube nems but just asking other opinions they have like a sandy/stony tube and bright red tenticles. pics dont really do any justice.   |
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Posted By: chuckfu
Date Posted: July 02 2012 at 5:26pm
| Look like spaghetti worms. |
Posted By: willrileyiv
Date Posted: July 02 2012 at 5:32pm
| i have a bunch of spagetti worms and these are different. they suck themselves in just like a nem so they confuse me |
Posted By: CapnMorgan
Date Posted: July 02 2012 at 5:39pm
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Could be a small anemone of some type (in fact i don't doubt it at all). They could also be small featherduster worms. They are a very common hitchhiker on LR ------------- Steve http://utahreefs.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=40637&PID=356246" rel="nofollow - My Old 180G Mixed Reef Currently: 120G Wavefront Mixed 29G Seahorse & Softies Running ReefAngel Plus x2 435-8 |
Posted By: willrileyiv
Date Posted: July 02 2012 at 5:45pm
| you can see small feather dusters in the left of the photo on the same rock. i originally thought they were those but they are growing faster and dont retract as fast as feather dusters...i may go into rock and reef and see if they can help me id them |
Posted By: tfmreefs
Date Posted: July 02 2012 at 6:30pm
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yea, i thought they are feathers, but who knows! ------------- "The early bird might get the worm, but only the second mouse gets the cheese." |
Posted By: Mark Peterson
Date Posted: July 02 2012 at 6:59pm
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Not feather duster worms nor spaghetti Worms. I don't know their name but I've seen something like them before. They appear to be worms that live in a calcareous tube, mostly within the rock. Enjoy  ------------- Reefkeeping Tips, & quick, easy setup tricks: www.utahreefs.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=9244 Pay it forward - become a paid WMAS member 
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Posted By: saltyjarhead
Date Posted: July 03 2012 at 7:01am
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I believe I have a few of those on my rock I got from rock n reef too. If they tell you what they are let me know. |
Posted By: willrileyiv
Date Posted: July 03 2012 at 3:44pm
| i totally forgot to ask them. damn |