"little flowers" on live rock?

[microbat]

Hey guys,
Again I am bothering you poor people with more questions....but "little flowers" on live rock doesn't show anything on google

I have orange ones, alot of white ones, and one or two brown ones that seem almost to be breeding, they are coming up everywhere!
Is this a good or bad thing?
Thanks, Sheridan

 

[garick]

post some pics. Could be anything from polyps to anemones.

 

[calbert0]

Go to google images and search "small featherduster". Do the flowers look like the top left picture?

 

[microbat]

its hard to get a good pick, they kind of suck in (the orange ones especially) when you move past them.
This is the best photo I could get with my phone...
They don't look like the featherduster, they are very clustered, these ones seem to grow in their own space...
If you look close, you will see it on the tip of the rock on the centre/right

 

[microbat]

actually does look like the other featherduster photos, the singular ones further down...

 

[microbat]

Thanks for you help, I think they are tubeworms.
I'll do the research to make sure they are ok in the tank.
I appreciate your help

 

[spsnix]

They definitely look like feather dusters which are good filter feeders

 

[hunt]

Originally Posted by microbat
http:///forum/post/3209595
Thanks for you help, I think they are tubeworms.
I'll do the research to make sure they are ok in the tank.
I appreciate your help
they can spread through your tank pretty fast

 

[bla403]

tell me about it ... I saw 1 or 2 about 2 months ago and now I can see hundreds of them all over my tank, especially in between the rocks.
My thoughts on them .... I saw millions of them while scuba diving in the ocean so they must be beneficial in a reef tank.