ID please

[Omni2226]

Fanworm? Tube anemone?

 

[MartinE]

Hard to tell. Can you get closer? Any discriptions of behavior? Could be Fan Worm, Glass Anemonie, Hydroid.

 

[Omni2226]

Thats a zoom shot at 4x then blown up to 200% about as close as I can get.

Ill try and get another pic here in a minute. They act like featherdusters and have what looks like a small tube/base they retract into.

They dont grab stuff in the water like anemone and retract (seepdily) when touched or shadows pass over.

 

[Omni2226]

Mmkk this is a little better..I hope

 

[wade1]

Most likely a type of tube worm, although it is hard to say. Other options would be barnacles (although doesn't really look like it) or hydroids. Have they moved position at all?

 

[Mihai]

Wade,

I have those critters in my tank and they don't harm anybody. They also don't multiply out of control. I'd say "keepers". I even like them. I think some kind of tube worm or hydroid too. No barnacles (at least nowhere close to what I got at Radio Island).

M.

 

[Omni2226]

They dont change posistion as far as I can tell.

The pictures dont do justice to how they look. They look neat as far as asthetics go, and Im sure they arent harming anything and are probaly harnless/beneficial filter feeders. I just wanted to get a positive id on them if possible. Ill go with tubeworm/featherduster type critter for now.

Thanks for the replys.

 

[SnowManSnow]

tube worm / feather duster like things.. i have lots of them... they aren't a problem. Dont worry.. they dont even resemble glass anemonies.

You're fine

B

BTW have a 36"fixture for sale in the sale forum

 

[Nautilus1]

Looks like hydroids

 

[The_Big_Fish]

Dusters.