What is this in my torch coral?

doowain9999 · 03/01/2007, 01:24 PM

I'll have to snap a pic when I get home, but I noticed last night when I fed my tank cyclopeeze, something strange was going on with my torch coral. On one of the heads (oddly enough it's the head that is a darker green than the others) there are two white tube openings that have a pink tint on the inside. I can't see the full tube, just the opening. I'd dismissed these as empty tubes when I got him, but, for the first time, I noticed little clear feather duster-like "CLAWS" reach out and grab at the food in the water. It did this for probably 5 minutes non-stop. What in the world are these things?

I'm sorry I'm asking without a pic, but maybe someone can show me a picture of what it might be and I can match it up. If not, I'll get a pic on here later.

hooterhead · 03/01/2007, 01:25 PM

barnicles

paradicio · 03/01/2007, 01:28 PM

Yep, barnacles. I've got some in my torch coral as well. I've even seen some of their molts floating about.

doowain9999 · 03/01/2007, 02:26 PM

After some research, I thought that's what they might be. Pretty cool to watch. It won't harm the coral in any way, will it?

Sepeku · 03/01/2007, 03:02 PM

Not really.

03/01/2007, 01:24 PM	#1
doowain9999 Registered Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Posts: 261	What is this in my torch coral? I'll have to snap a pic when I get home, but I noticed last night when I fed my tank cyclopeeze, something strange was going on with my torch coral. On one of the heads (oddly enough it's the head that is a darker green than the others) there are two white tube openings that have a pink tint on the inside. I can't see the full tube, just the opening. I'd dismissed these as empty tubes when I got him, but, for the first time, I noticed little clear feather duster-like "CLAWS" reach out and grab at the food in the water. It did this for probably 5 minutes non-stop. What in the world are these things? I'm sorry I'm asking without a pic, but maybe someone can show me a picture of what it might be and I can match it up. If not, I'll get a pic on here later.

03/01/2007, 01:25 PM	#2
hooterhead Registered Member Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: N. TX Posts: 331	barnicles

03/01/2007, 01:28 PM	#3
paradicio Registered Member Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: San Dimas CA Posts: 139	Yep, barnacles. I've got some in my torch coral as well. I've even seen some of their molts floating about.

03/01/2007, 02:26 PM	#4
doowain9999 Registered Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Posts: 261	After some research, I thought that's what they might be. Pretty cool to watch. It won't harm the coral in any way, will it?

03/01/2007, 03:02 PM	#5
Sepeku Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Memphis, TN Posts: 356	Not really.