Aiptasia?

[rune]

Anyone have any idea what these guys are?

 

[augustwest]

looks like a type of tubeworm similar to the common featherduster

 

[bigarn]

if it helps ..... it's not aiptasia.

 

[spanko]

vermetid snails

 

[rune]

Thank you all for the replies. I am very happy it's not Aiptasia! Think they may be a featherduster? I can kind of see how they resemble the vermetid snails you posted. They seem to be spreading and popping up all about. We feed the tank a small amount of cyclop-eze and you can see they are translucent and then turn red as they grab and eat the cyclop-eze from the water column.

 

[texasmetal]

I say Hyrdroids.

 

[rune]

Originally Posted by TexasMetal
http:///forum/post/2702879
I say Hyrdroids.
It's interesting you would say that. We had A LOT of hyrdroids in the begining floating about the tank. Google search for hydroids seems to return more of a feather duster looking stalks (as in the hairs all poke out of the end of a stalk) whereas these guys have tiny hairs all over the stalk themselves.
I appreciate the suggestion. I'll definitely keep researching everything posted here to see if I can find a similar match.

 

[texasmetal]

There are A LOT of different kinds of hydroids. Like thousands...
Check out Pennaria disticha. Kind of similar. There are a lot that grow like feathers. Long stalk with hair-like appendages along the sides of the stalk.
Some kind of colonial hydroid though. I'd put money on it.

 

[cranberry]

That is DEFINATELY a hydroid.

 

[tizzo]

Yep, hydroid.

 

[rune]

Should we be worried? Is it something we need to keep under control?