Whoaaaaa!

[chuck]

I was just looking in my tank and first I found two bristleworms in a tank which I thought did not have any. But then I saw the real alien.

This thing was coming out of an opening under piece of live rock and it had five long, clear tentacles that were reaching out and grabbing crushed coral and bring into the opening from which the arm/tentacles came. I don't know what the hell it was, but if anyone has any remote idea please give me some info. This is the coolest damn hobby!!

 

[beth]

Yeah its a cool hobby....as long as what's in the tank STAY IN the tank, and doesn't make it out to our world...LOL

 

[krazzydart]

yea, sure is fun..... keep an eye on whatever it is and let us know what it is....

 

[eelman]

could it be an octipus?

 

[harris]

I have three of those things that you have described. they just appear to be one long tentacle coming out og the rock. I have 2 that are right above my sandbed and one which is high up by my coral platforms. They have caused no damage to any of my inhabitants so far and it has been 6 + months. Some days they are stretched far out and others you cannot see them at all. I ahve a bunch of hermits, snails, and fish. I have over 65 baby snails, and there #'s don't seem to be dwindiling, so I think the mysterious arm is harmless for now........ Besides How would you catch it? I tried to get him with tweezers to put under my microscope, but I think they are telepathic/ They know when you come for them......

 

[tattooedlife]

I have a few of these mysterious worms(Or what ever they are) in my tank. Two that are seen daily creeping out of my rock. I have seen them come out of the rock. They seem to dwell in abanded feather duster holes. I would like to hear more about them too.

 

[chuck]

It's nice to hear stories like that. It has the movement of a cepholapod's tentacles, it might be smarter than any animal in our tank.

 

[hobbes1113]

these mysterious arms are worms that live in the rock and they are harmless. when you see these arms they are feeding and you will never see the main part of their body come out of whatever hole that they are in. their feeding tentacles also may be several inches long.

 

[dennish]

Originally posted by chuck:
It's ...a cepholapod's tentacles...
A Google search for "cepholapod" turned up only one hit, for a speaker system. Is this the correct spelling, what else can you tell us about them.
-Dennis

 

[chuck]

I'm sorry it is spelled cephalopod. I doubt seriously that this animal is in the same family. Cuttlefish and Octopi are in this family.