Weird algae

ducrider · 12/17/2011, 10:26 AM

Hello everyone,

I am writing here because I have a critter in my tank I need help identifying. It looks like a type of hair algae but if you touch it it retracts into the rock. It is a little more brown looking the the hair algae I have seen. Any help or info is appreciated. It is next to my zoas and doesnt seem to bother them.

cody6766 · 12/17/2011, 10:34 AM

Sounds like aptasia or maybe a feather duster

ducrider · 12/17/2011, 10:38 AM

I do know what the aptasia and feather dusters look like and this isnt them. Its kind of a mass on the rock about maybe two to three inches coming out of all the holes on the rock. When it is touched it goes in the rock and you cant even tell it was there until it comes back out.

ghostman · 12/17/2011, 10:41 AM

My guess would be aiptasia or majano anemone as well. Does it come out during the day, or night? A picture would really help too. I'm sure you'll get a positive ID with a photo.

ducrider · 12/17/2011, 10:45 AM

It is out constantly day and night and like I said it just looks like hair algae but I will try and post a picture. Just so everyone knows I have been in the hobby for over four years so I know most of the creatures in my tanks. This is just something unique that I have never seen. I have a 90 gallon reef and a 28 gallon nano. This is in the nano.

12/17/2011, 10:26 AM	#1
ducrider Registered Member Join Date: Sep 2010 Posts: 14	Weird algae Hello everyone, I am writing here because I have a critter in my tank I need help identifying. It looks like a type of hair algae but if you touch it it retracts into the rock. It is a little more brown looking the the hair algae I have seen. Any help or info is appreciated. It is next to my zoas and doesnt seem to bother them.

12/17/2011, 10:34 AM	#2
cody6766 Super Best Friends! Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: OKC, OK Posts: 3,772	Sounds like aptasia or maybe a feather duster __________________ "The moral is the chosen, not the forced; the understood, not the obeyed. The moral is the rational, and reason accepts no commandments." - John Galt Current Tank Info: Cadlights 60G Arisan II mixed reef with 2x MP40s and 24" ATI

12/17/2011, 10:41 AM	#4
ghostman Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Spring Hill, Florida Posts: 1,629	My guess would be aiptasia or majano anemone as well. Does it come out during the day, or night? A picture would really help too. I'm sure you'll get a positive ID with a photo. __________________ When you die, you don't know you're dead. It's only difficult for the people around you. It's the same when you're stupid. Current Tank Info: 40IM Fusion, 40lbs of rock, and 20lbs of sand. Just a few fish and corals....for now.

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12/17/2011, 10:38 AM	#3
ducrider Registered Member Join Date: Sep 2010 Posts: 14	I do know what the aptasia and feather dusters look like and this isnt them. Its kind of a mass on the rock about maybe two to three inches coming out of all the holes on the rock. When it is touched it goes in the rock and you cant even tell it was there until it comes back out.

12/17/2011, 10:45 AM	#5
ducrider Registered Member Join Date: Sep 2010 Posts: 14	It is out constantly day and night and like I said it just looks like hair algae but I will try and post a picture. Just so everyone knows I have been in the hobby for over four years so I know most of the creatures in my tanks. This is just something unique that I have never seen. I have a 90 gallon reef and a 28 gallon nano. This is in the nano.