What are they?

[iswimnotchoke]

i have three small clear thins growing on my lr..anyone no waht they are?

 

[thomas712]

What am I thinking right now?
Just kidding, now way to tell unless you could describe more in detail or get us a pic. Any chance of either?
Possably a sponge but who knows. Do they move, or just grow there. Are they soft, look like mucus? Do they have little vent holes?

Thomas

 

[buzz]

There are a few things that could be. Do they seem to have tubes coming off of them? They could be sponges, they could be sea squirts, etc. Anything else you can say about them?
Woops - Just saw Thomas beat me to the punch. But more details would help.

 

[thomas712]

Great minds think alike

 

[iswimnotchoke]

yes they are long tubes there are four now and they are clear and havel ike rigns aroudn them they are very thin and they dont move they jsut hang there

 

[bang guy]

They sound kinda like Tunicates. Do they look anything like this?

 

[iswimnotchoke]

no they are very small and seperate

 

[jon-paul]

Bang are these tunicates bad?? I have found a few colonies of them in my tank.

 

[bang guy]

Originally posted by Jon-Paul
Bang are these tunicates bad?? I have found a few colonies of them in my tank.
Harmless.

 

[bang guy]

Originally posted by IswimNOTchoke
no they are very small and seperate
Can you estimate the size?

 

[iswimnotchoke]

about a centimeter long and about 1 mm wide

 

[bang guy]

That's about the size of the Tunicates in the picture. Other than not being clumped tgether, what are the differences between your critter and the picture?

 

[iswimnotchoke]

they dont have orange rings they look as if they have antennas kinda scary, there are like 6 now and htey dont move they just hang there

 

[bang guy]

More than 6 antenna?

 

[iswimnotchoke]

what do u mean more than 6 atennas? they only have 2

 

[bang guy]

Sounds like a Vermitid Snail. Try a search and see if you can find a picture of Vermitid.

 

[thomas712]

I don't have a pic of a vermetid snail out of its home, but have many of them in my tank. Here is a pic that I took today on part fo my liverock.

 

[iswimnotchoke]

no thats nto them mine are clear and have heads and u can see the antennas but they dont move