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10/02/2008, 07:26 PM
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Clear slime , never saw this before ..
A little background..........
My serpent star was looking and acting ill. The ends of some tentacles were degrading. I moved it to my q tank that has some live rock rubble. I tried to feed the starfish a small piece of scallop on a feeding skewer. When the starfish wouldn't eat it I tried to remove the scallop. It was only in the water about 10 minutes. As it was lifted out of the water a 2" ball of clear slime had engulfed the piece of scallop, kind of a cross between jello and snot. It slid off the feeding stick and back into the water and disappeared. What was it ?
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10/02/2008, 08:31 PM
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Was it anything like a goby sleeper sack?
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10/02/2008, 08:43 PM
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No fish in the tank.
It was more like a ball a snot.
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10/02/2008, 09:19 PM
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a jellyfish, man i dont know, lol
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10/02/2008, 11:13 PM
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Just a guess but maybe Oenone fulgida? It's a worm that secretes mucus like you described and preys on mollusks. I don't know if it will go after frozen food at all. Its a worm that is likely more common in our reef tanks than most suspect. Its just hard to catch a glimpse of being nocturnal, sensitive to light and vibration and lightning fast.
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10/03/2008, 08:09 PM
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Good call
 Saw a worm retract when I approached the tank and assumed it was a bristle worm. But it was lightning fast .......... There's more info here and your guess is probably accurate. BTW, a scallop is a mollusk body part  .
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