What is it?

scott473 · 07/08/2008, 09:23 AM

I started a 20L tank on the first of this month. I just added the water and 20 pounds of live sand on the first day. the 4th day I went and picked up my live rock 8 pounds dead and 12 live. 2 days later I'm peeking at it and see these things coming out of little white tube looking things. This is the best picture I can get. They are tiny, about 1/8th in diameter. One last thing, if I put a finger near them, they pop back into the tube then come right back out as soon as I'm away.
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MalHavoc · 07/08/2008, 09:32 AM

It's impossible to tell from the photo, but "tube" implies either a feather duster, or some sort of tunicate sponge. You might want to search around for pictures to see. Both are harmless

By the way,

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scott473 · 07/08/2008, 07:40 PM

I looked around and it looks to be a feather duster. The tubes are kind of coiled and stuck to the rock.

thank you for the welcome.

07/08/2008, 09:23 AM	#1
scott473 Registered Member Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Lakeport ny Posts: 137	What is it? I started a 20L tank on the first of this month. I just added the water and 20 pounds of live sand on the first day. the 4th day I went and picked up my live rock 8 pounds dead and 12 live. 2 days later I'm peeking at it and see these things coming out of little white tube looking things. This is the best picture I can get. They are tiny, about 1/8th in diameter. One last thing, if I put a finger near them, they pop back into the tube then come right back out as soon as I'm away. '

07/08/2008, 09:32 AM	#2
MalHavoc Infinitely Prolonged Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Canada Posts: 10,850	It's impossible to tell from the photo, but "tube" implies either a feather duster, or some sort of tunicate sponge. You might want to search around for pictures to see. Both are harmless By the way, *To Reef Central* __________________ Jason "Empathy, he once had decided, must be limited to herbivores or anyhow omnivores who could depart from a meat diet. Because, ultimately, the empathic gift blurred the boundaries between hunter and victim, between the successful and the defeated." -- Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?, Philip K Dick

07/08/2008, 07:40 PM	#3
scott473 Registered Member Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Lakeport ny Posts: 137	I looked around and it looks to be a feather duster. The tubes are kind of coiled and stuck to the rock. thank you for the welcome.