Fiji Leather Coral

[akhuneteru]

I just purchased a Yellow Fiji Leather Coral. It has 2 clear looking strings coming off of it. They look like a ladder that has been split down the middle. What in the world are they? Is that part of them acclimating?

 

[bang guy]

Sounds like an animal called a Comb Jellyfish - specifically a "Sessil Ctenophore".

 

[akhuneteru]

What the heck!? Is it dangerous? :scared: They were really long about 7 inches.

 

[bang guy]

It's dangerous if you're copepod. They're very interesting creatures. They are actually a colony of animals working together.