Need Help! Please ID these????

ryguy886 · 03/12/2013, 07:06 PM

So, I was looking at a piece of live rock with mushroom corals on it today and I noticed these strange white tentacle looking things?? Not sure what they are and if they are good, bad or ugly??? I dipped the whole piece of live rock and the mushroom corals when I purchased them in a coral iodine dip to kill and parasites and left it for 15 minutes which should have gotten rid of any harmful parasites in the rock of hitchhikers that I didn't want. Any ideas what they could be??

Thanks,
Ryan

cloak · 03/12/2013, 07:11 PM

I think they're just a sponge of some sort. No worries.

Check this out.

http://www.lionfishlair.com/hitchhiker/hitchhiker.shtml

bnumair · 03/12/2013, 08:22 PM

i agree with cloak looks like some sort of sponge.

Misled · 03/12/2013, 09:14 PM

And I agree with those guys.

OrQidz · 03/12/2013, 10:30 PM

I agree too, I have similar things on one of my rocks and I've never seen it do anything. Doesn't appear to be harmful.

SweetCoralline1 · 03/19/2013, 05:54 PM

It looks almost like shards of hair thin glass. What is this? It is also rainbow colored!! Any ideas of what this is?? It's not attached to that tube worm either..

SushiGirl · 03/19/2013, 06:53 PM

Answered the last one in your other 2 threads.
On the first one, do they move?

ryguy886 · 03/19/2013, 09:26 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by SushiGirl

Answered the last one in your other 2 threads.
On the first one, do they move?

They seem to move with the currents. It almost looks like they are snail antennae.....

SushiGirl · 03/19/2013, 10:17 PM

I asked because they look like spionid worm appendiges (usually you see 2 & that looks like a couple of different pairs), which would move on their own or possibly hair worm tentacles (they have a bunch). They may be dead and just laying there if you dipped, though. Both are good worms to have so if they're alive there's nothing to worry about.

03/12/2013, 08:22 PM	#3
bnumair Dr. Reef at ur service Join Date: May 2009 Location: Tulsa, Ok, USA Posts: 7,751 Blog Entries: 15	i agree with cloak looks like some sort of sponge. __________________ Water Quality: NO3 0,Phos 0,Cal 440,Alk 7.5,Mag 1300 "Reef Fast, You Crash, Reef Slow, You Pass" Mike's Reef 3:16 Current Tank Info: 350g DT,95g sump, 50g Frag tank, 4800gph return 4x Sea swirls. 6x AI Vega Color. 200# Pukani rock, dual recirculating skimmer, Biopellet, GFO Carbon rx's, Cal rx. Closed loop. 1.5hp chiller, genesis renew. Apex & RKE

03/12/2013, 09:14 PM	#4
Misled RC Mod Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Pittsburgh, Pa Posts: 11,440 Blog Entries: 11	And I agree with those guys. __________________ Jesse I'm not saying I'm Batman. I'm just saying nobody has ever seen me and Batman in a room together.

03/19/2013, 06:53 PM	#7
SushiGirl Premium Member Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Fort Worth, TX USA Posts: 8,267	Answered the last one in your other 2 threads. On the first one, do they move? __________________ Visit my Homepage or "My Albums" (via Profile) for hitchhiker pics. Current Tank Info: 55g softy/LPS tank & 20L reef tank

03/19/2013, 10:17 PM	#9
SushiGirl Premium Member Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Fort Worth, TX USA Posts: 8,267	I asked because they look like spionid worm appendiges (usually you see 2 & that looks like a couple of different pairs), which would move on their own or possibly hair worm tentacles (they have a bunch). They may be dead and just laying there if you dipped, though. Both are good worms to have so if they're alive there's nothing to worry about. __________________ Visit my Homepage or "My Albums" (via Profile) for hitchhiker pics. Current Tank Info: 55g softy/LPS tank & 20L reef tank

03/12/2013, 07:11 PM	#2
cloak Moved On Join Date: Jul 2000 Location: Stockton, CA Posts: 14,854	I think they're just a sponge of some sort. No worries. Check this out. http://www.lionfishlair.com/hitchhiker/hitchhiker.shtml

03/12/2013, 10:30 PM	#5
OrQidz Registered Member Join Date: May 2006 Location: Pacific Northwest Posts: 825	I agree too, I have similar things on one of my rocks and I've never seen it do anything. Doesn't appear to be harmful.