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05/07/2014, 05:12 PM
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What is this?
Found a hitchhiker on my new caulastrea frag. I'll put a picture in the second post.
It looks like a little green face on the end of a black tube. The tube looks fleshy, a lot like a big paly that's all closed up. On the end of the tube is a little round "face". On closer inspection you find that the face is made up of two holes, one slightly larger than the other and laid out towards the sides. So it is obviously a filter feeder of some sort. The odd thing was yesterday while we fed the tank we saw it move. Not a lot, it just kind of jerked to one side. Today, the little face is pulled back like it is closing up or something. I got the best picture I could. It's kind of in a dark place. But maybe the pic will help. Anyone know what this is?
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05/07/2014, 05:14 PM
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Here's a pic. There are two of them.
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05/07/2014, 05:45 PM
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The bigger one came back out after I fed. Here's a picture of the" face".
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05/07/2014, 05:47 PM
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it's a gremlin!!
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05/07/2014, 06:54 PM
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Some sort of tunicates?
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05/07/2014, 09:55 PM
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Looks like a Clavelina Robusta Tunicate
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05/08/2014, 05:15 AM
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Third vote for tunicate.
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05/08/2014, 06:52 AM
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Awesome. That's sort of what I was thinking / hoping it was. Devimik's picture seals the deal.
Anything I can or should do special for these guys?
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05/08/2014, 02:37 PM
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Unfortunately i wouldn't think they are likely to live that long and trying to keep them fully fed may inpinge on you water quality. A little extra phyto will benefit the tank but they'd likely needs almost constant feeding to live. Perhaps try the non photo forum.
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