help identify..sorry no pics

sir_dudeguy · 06/26/2006, 09:37 AM

ok, so on one of my rocks, theres this stuff thats growing...its like a bunch of 1/2" spikey things...well sort of...they're really narrow, but they must be rigid, because they arent swaying in the flow..they are black too, and on the ends of them are a TINY (haha, i spelled tiny huge) little circle/oval...one on each spike, so they arent sharp on the end. Also, there is about 20 of them, and they're all growing right next to each other, kinda like how polyps do, ya know? i'm pretty lost on what it even COULD be, so any help would be great.

thanks

bllfish · 06/26/2006, 11:18 AM

Need pix.

sir_dudeguy · 06/26/2006, 11:25 AM

dont have a working camera so i cant get them...they look kinda like a little tiny tube on a closer look...and the circles on the end could be like a hole maybe...wouldnt be feather dusters would it? do they normally grow in groups like that?

jaymz101 · 06/26/2006, 11:28 AM

probably featherdusters.

sir_dudeguy · 06/26/2006, 11:36 AM

really? they grow close together like that? i havent seen any dusters come out yet, but that is kinda the shape they are, and they're a little bigger than a couple days ago now. They're right on the shady side of a piece of rock, so my view of them is limited.

bllfish · 06/26/2006, 11:40 AM

Sounds like some type of worm or feather duster.

sir_dudeguy · 06/26/2006, 11:46 AM

good? bad?...so far it doesnt do anything so i cant really tell...i guess that would be kinda cool if it were feather dusters (they're not harmfull are they?)...just another one of the freebies from my rock...so far i've got bristleworms, 2 conches (i think) a hermit, a bumblebee snail...and some other stuff but i cant remember.

bllfish · 06/26/2006, 11:49 AM

I have some tubes similar to what you described but they do not grow in bunches. Sometimes a long clear clear filament comes out when they are feeding. Keep an eye on your tank, if nothing bad starts to happen you should be OK.

sir_dudeguy · 06/26/2006, 11:55 AM

lol bad stuff already is happening to my tank so i've been keepin an eye on it, and so it'd prolly be hard to tell if anything is bad from the trates or the...whatever these are...thats how i noticed these guys lol...my trates are up around a hundred after a 10 day vacation

06/26/2006, 09:37 AM	#1
sir_dudeguy Registered Member Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Portland, OR Posts: 10,841	help identify..sorry no pics ok, so on one of my rocks, theres this stuff thats growing...its like a bunch of 1/2" spikey things...well sort of...they're really narrow, but they must be rigid, because they arent swaying in the flow..they are black too, and on the ends of them are a TINY (haha, i spelled tiny huge) little circle/oval...one on each spike, so they arent sharp on the end. Also, there is about 20 of them, and they're all growing right next to each other, kinda like how polyps do, ya know? i'm pretty lost on what it even COULD be, so any help would be great. thanks

06/26/2006, 11:18 AM	#2
bllfish Registered Member Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Stuart, Florida Posts: 1,818	Need pix. __________________ "I fish by myself because lots of people don't like me, and the ones that do like me, well, I don't want them to know my spots." ><)))))*>--- Current Tank Info: 72 bow, 36" stand, 4 54W T5, vantec stealth fans, eheim 1260, mj 1200 & 2 Koralia #1 to WaveMaster Pro, CPR 24" Aquafuge HOB & 7100K PC, JBJ Arctica chiller, LiterMeter III

06/26/2006, 11:25 AM	#3
sir_dudeguy Registered Member Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Portland, OR Posts: 10,841	dont have a working camera so i cant get them...they look kinda like a little tiny tube on a closer look...and the circles on the end could be like a hole maybe...wouldnt be feather dusters would it? do they normally grow in groups like that? __________________ TAKE...LUCK!!!

06/26/2006, 11:28 AM	#4
jaymz101 Registered Member Join Date: May 2006 Location: St. Pete, FL Posts: 410	probably featherdusters. __________________ In 96 hours, Jack Bauer has killed 93 people and saved the world 4 times. What have you done with your life? Current Tank Info: Lobo, local Oculina, Acro., hydnophora, lots of zoas, caulastrea, pagoda and scroll, foxface flasher wrass and firefish

06/26/2006, 11:36 AM	#5
sir_dudeguy Registered Member Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Portland, OR Posts: 10,841	really? they grow close together like that? i havent seen any dusters come out yet, but that is kinda the shape they are, and they're a little bigger than a couple days ago now. They're right on the shady side of a piece of rock, so my view of them is limited. __________________ TAKE...LUCK!!!

06/26/2006, 11:40 AM	#6
bllfish Registered Member Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Stuart, Florida Posts: 1,818	Sounds like some type of worm or feather duster. __________________ "I fish by myself because lots of people don't like me, and the ones that do like me, well, I don't want them to know my spots." ><)))))*>--- Current Tank Info: 72 bow, 36" stand, 4 54W T5, vantec stealth fans, eheim 1260, mj 1200 & 2 Koralia #1 to WaveMaster Pro, CPR 24" Aquafuge HOB & 7100K PC, JBJ Arctica chiller, LiterMeter III

06/26/2006, 11:46 AM	#7
sir_dudeguy Registered Member Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Portland, OR Posts: 10,841	good? bad?...so far it doesnt do anything so i cant really tell...i guess that would be kinda cool if it were feather dusters (they're not harmfull are they?)...just another one of the freebies from my rock...so far i've got bristleworms, 2 conches (i think) a hermit, a bumblebee snail...and some other stuff but i cant remember. __________________ TAKE...LUCK!!!

06/26/2006, 11:49 AM	#8
bllfish Registered Member Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Stuart, Florida Posts: 1,818	I have some tubes similar to what you described but they do not grow in bunches. Sometimes a long clear clear filament comes out when they are feeding. Keep an eye on your tank, if nothing bad starts to happen you should be OK. __________________ "I fish by myself because lots of people don't like me, and the ones that do like me, well, I don't want them to know my spots." ><)))))*>--- Current Tank Info: 72 bow, 36" stand, 4 54W T5, vantec stealth fans, eheim 1260, mj 1200 & 2 Koralia #1 to WaveMaster Pro, CPR 24" Aquafuge HOB & 7100K PC, JBJ Arctica chiller, LiterMeter III

06/26/2006, 11:55 AM	#9
sir_dudeguy Registered Member Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Portland, OR Posts: 10,841	lol bad stuff already is happening to my tank so i've been keepin an eye on it, and so it'd prolly be hard to tell if anything is bad from the trates or the...whatever these are...thats how i noticed these guys lol...my trates are up around a hundred after a 10 day vacation __________________ TAKE...LUCK!!!