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Unread 07/17/2006, 05:35 PM   #1
slim62471
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Unhappy aiptasia?

i have what seems to be ? it looks like a anemone but it has a hard tube like structure they come out of they're small to cant get a clear photo of the little buggers pink in color they are about twenty of them on some live rock in about the size of a quarter area


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Unread 07/17/2006, 06:00 PM   #2
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aiptasia doesnt have tubes, sounds like tubeworms/featherduster- harmless


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Unread 07/17/2006, 06:18 PM   #3
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if you stomp on the ground do they hide in the tube? i love doing that to my featherdusters hehe


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Unread 07/18/2006, 06:59 AM   #4
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these have hair like appendeges really fine i have small tube worms everywhere in my tank white, purple etc these stay out unless i physically touch there crown very small though pencil eraser a little bigger than they are tube is the size of pencil lead


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Unread 07/18/2006, 06:12 PM   #5
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They look like anything on this post?

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Unread 07/18/2006, 07:00 PM   #6
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their arms are similar but they are a tube dwellers about 3/8 inch tubes size of a pencil lead thickness the head about the size of pencil eraser


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