OK What The Hell is this???? Gross

[jugger]

this popped out of the sand today next to my fether dusters.... what is it??? it looks like an egg sack or something....almost in the shape of a brain.... it has something like a membrane in two layers and its anchored in the sand....
any idea??

 

[jugger]

hears pic

 

[bang guy]

Can you get a crisper focus?

 

[nm reef]

I couldn't even begin to guess...but I'm not all that good at ID's anyway.....a clearer pic would help......

 

[nerdy]

I can't seem to make it out either!

 

[jugger]

is this any better??? hope so bc this is as good as my camcorder gets

 

[trompet3]

The outer part looks like the mucus web my solar fairy wrasse makes to sleep in every night.
It's probably not, unless you have a wrasse
Even if you do, the inside doesn't exactly look like it.

 

[jugger]

nope no wrasse in the tank... i dont even have anything in the tank (that i know of) that would POOP or secrete something this big.... its about 1/4" round in the center that has a brain lookn texture and 1/2" round at the last mucus membrane looking thing

 

[mightyoxjuice]

What fish are in the tank??

 

[trompet3]

Ever seen the movie Cacoon???(sp?)

 

[jugger]

yeah lol... kinda like that
i only have a small clown fish in the tank..its about half his size

 

[jarvis]

My guess is something dying. I remember when I fragged some mushrooms and once in a while one got away. My plate corals are right underneath the mushroom garden. The flat discomosa mushrooms seamed to notice the plate and vice versa, but didnt really do an real damage warfare between the two. When I went to frag some hairy mushrooms one landed right next to it. I didnt think it would do much damage at the time so I was in no real big hurry to move it away. I was wrong. The hairy mushroom formed a kinda film on it and died shortly after.

 

[lesleybird]

Yea....I'm sure you don't need it in your tank. I'd flush it down the toilet before something bad happens! Lesley

 

[thomas712]

Underwater tumble weed ? Someone mentioned cocoon..nah ..invation of the body snatchers, you kids need to watch some of the classics.
Jugger I would take that thing out and examine it.

 

[harrysreef]

before you toss look close at it and give us the details

 

[agro]

I used to have bristleworms in my 29 gallon reef that would secrete mucus balls like that around their food...
It would break down after a day or two and float away.

 

[popoty]

I have the same thing connected to my feather duster. My feather duster's tube is in the shape of a "V" and the sack like thing is located in the point of the "V". I only have one duster so i didnt really think anything of it, just bury it in the substrate.