What is it?

[ericholcek]

It would be impossible to take apicture of all the things on my rock so I will try to explain this the best I can and hopefully someone can help. I have these little white flower looking things on my rock. They are really small and kind of open up like a flower. When they are startled they close right up. Its def not Aiptasia but I am pretty curious as to what they are. Any Ideas?

 

[cincijoe]

If they close up into the rocks then they might be tube worms.

 

[mburnickas]

I bet it is a filter feeder?
Does it look like this? Ifound this on SWF and this is what I have.

 

[ericholcek]

these things on my rock have no base. They sort of look like the last post with out the fat trunks.

 

[ericholcek]

and every time you try to go near them they just disappear.

 

[mburnickas]

They are some plants that look like Aiptasia but are not. I will look and see the post I saw about this.

 

[mburnickas]

look like this?
This is a tulip anemone

 

[ericholcek]

it looks lnothing like an anemone, thanks though

 

[tizzo]

How 'bout this??

 

[tizzo]

or...

 

[ericholcek]

that looks a lot like it except the stalk is so small you can barely see it. Is it some kind of duster possibly?

 

[tizzo]

or we hope not but...

 

[ericholcek]

it doesnt really have tentacles just looks like a flower...

 

[tizzo]

There is a duster called serpulid polycheate (sp?) duster that's tube is very small. It kinda looks like it's coming out of the rock itself sometimes...
http://www.reefs.org/hhfaq/pages/pic..._serpulid.html

 

[ericholcek]

could possibly be but i am still not sure. I need to figure out a way to get one of these online.

 

[7days]

Hey Tizzo, I've got a bunch of the dusters in the bottom picture of your link above. Is there anything wrong with having those in the tank? I hope not, because I think they're neat. I've been trying to get an accurate id for a while.
Thanks

 

[tizzo]

Nope, nothing wrong with those... Just another beneficial filter feeder that comes with LR.

 

[tizzo]

Scroll down to the very middle of this sight for more info...
http://www.reefs.org/hhfaq/pages/mai.../faq_rock3.htm