ID please, feather duster?

Kardjunkie · 03/12/2016, 06:36 PM

Could someone ID the small white bumps with purple hairs? It is on a branching hammer coral or frogspawn I got a few weeks ago and the on the branch that has no head. It had a few some purple/pink spots and I dipped in Bayer before putting in. I think they are either feather duster or vermetid snails.

It might me hard to see the hairs, sorry best I could do on my phone. There is a small feather duster thing that is open with purplish feathers that when closed is white, it on the branch that has the hammer/frogspawn.

In advance I would like to thanks for any help IDing it!

billdogg · 03/12/2016, 06:50 PM

sounds more like hydroids to me, although I really can't tell from the picture.

Kardjunkie · 03/12/2016, 08:21 PM

Thanks billdog. Can you tell if that is a hammer coral or frogspawn? It was sold to as a hammer coral but looks more like a frogspawn. Here is another picture of but it has retracted a lot as I just threw in some new live rock.

Usually a lot bigger

Ztous · 03/12/2016, 09:17 PM

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Originally Posted by Kardjunkie

Thanks billdog. Can you tell if that is a hammer coral or frogspawn? It was sold to as a hammer coral but looks more like a frogspawn. Here is another picture of but it has retracted a lot as I just threw in some new live rock.

Usually a lot bigger

Not a frogspawn or at least it doesn't look like to me as none of the tentacles seem to have multple ends or splits. Looks like a torch to me but it's retracted so hard to see.

Ron Reefman · 03/13/2016, 06:08 AM

Hard to say. They are so closely related some species can be difficult to pin down. But it's 100% either a hammer (there are some 'oval' shaped tips) or a frogspawn (more round tips) and not a torch.

And I didn't see anything that looked like a feather duster?

criticalencore · 03/13/2016, 06:40 AM

I'd say hammer for sure. I the first pic for the feather duster are you talking about the hairy stuff in the left or the pink think on the right? A vermetid snail will put out white stringy goo when you feed

Sugar Magnolia · 03/13/2016, 07:32 AM

Yes, those are harmless little feather dusters.

pyithar · 03/13/2016, 08:51 AM

+1 on feather dusters. and the coral looks like a hammer coral with a few frogspawn like branches on some tentacles.

cloak · 03/13/2016, 10:24 AM

It might be a Grape coral.

http://www.liveaquaria.com/product/p...82&pcatid=3182

Kardjunkie · 03/13/2016, 10:53 AM

Cloak, once again, thanks. Here is better picture with it extended.

03/12/2016, 06:36 PM	#1
Kardjunkie Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2016 Location: Central Ohio Posts: 128	ID please, feather duster? Could someone ID the small white bumps with purple hairs? It is on a branching hammer coral or frogspawn I got a few weeks ago and the on the branch that has no head. It had a few some purple/pink spots and I dipped in Bayer before putting in. I think they are either feather duster or vermetid snails. It might me hard to see the hairs, sorry best I could do on my phone. There is a small feather duster thing that is open with purplish feathers that when closed is white, it on the branch that has the hammer/frogspawn. In advance I would like to thanks for any help IDing it! __________________ "Never memorize something that you can look up." - Albert Einstein ...and he didn't even have google! Current Tank Info: BioCube 29 with InTank Media Basket - Building 75 gallon bow front

03/12/2016, 06:50 PM	#2
billdogg Registered Member Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Grove City, Ohio Posts: 10,806	sounds more like hydroids to me, although I really can't tell from the picture. __________________ I'll try to be nice if you try to be smarter! I can't help that I grow older, but you can't make me grow up! Current Tank Info: 120 mixed reef with 40b sump, RO 150 skimmer, AI Sol Blue x 2, and a 60g Frag Tank with 100g rubbermaid sump. 2 x Kessil A360w lights, BM curve 5 skimmer

03/12/2016, 08:21 PM	#3
Kardjunkie Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2016 Location: Central Ohio Posts: 128	Thanks billdog. Can you tell if that is a hammer coral or frogspawn? It was sold to as a hammer coral but looks more like a frogspawn. Here is another picture of but it has retracted a lot as I just threw in some new live rock. Usually a lot bigger __________________ "Never memorize something that you can look up." - Albert Einstein ...and he didn't even have google! Current Tank Info: BioCube 29 with InTank Media Basket - Building 75 gallon bow front

03/13/2016, 06:08 AM	#5
Ron Reefman Registered Member Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Cape Coral, FL Posts: 10,431	Hard to say. They are so closely related some species can be difficult to pin down. But it's 100% either a hammer (there are some 'oval' shaped tips) or a frogspawn (more round tips) and not a torch. And I didn't see anything that looked like a feather duster? __________________ The good thing about science is that it's true whether or not you believe in it. (Neil deGrasse Tyson) Visit my build thread http://www.reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?t=2593017

03/13/2016, 07:32 AM	#7
Sugar Magnolia Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Northern VA Posts: 17,691	Yes, those are harmless little feather dusters. __________________ Adrienne The only thing to fear is fear itself....and spiders.

03/13/2016, 06:40 AM	#6
criticalencore Registered Member Join Date: May 2012 Posts: 381	I'd say hammer for sure. I the first pic for the feather duster are you talking about the hairy stuff in the left or the pink think on the right? A vermetid snail will put out white stringy goo when you feed

03/13/2016, 08:51 AM	#8
pyithar Registered Member Join Date: Jul 2013 Location: yangon,burma(myanmar) Posts: 1,786	+1 on feather dusters. and the coral looks like a hammer coral with a few frogspawn like branches on some tentacles. __________________ take it easy, pyithar Current Tank Info: 150G display, 50G sump, mixed reef

03/13/2016, 10:24 AM	#9
cloak Moved On Join Date: Jul 2000 Location: Stockton, CA Posts: 14,854	It might be a Grape coral. http://www.liveaquaria.com/product/p...82&pcatid=3182

03/13/2016, 10:53 AM	#10
Kardjunkie Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2016 Location: Central Ohio Posts: 128	Cloak, once again, thanks. Here is better picture with it extended. __________________ "Never memorize something that you can look up." - Albert Einstein ...and he didn't even have google! Current Tank Info: BioCube 29 with InTank Media Basket - Building 75 gallon bow front