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[santame]

Hello,

Can any please tell me if they recognize the critter in the below photo? It is really very small (smaller than a dime by about half) and seems to be kinda fuzzy in appearance. If you look closely at the below photo, you will see tiny - longish hairs (or what appear to be hairs) all around the outside of it.

Any ideas? I have searched various books, web forums, and image libraries trying to find if it is a specific kind of aipstasia, but it does not look anything like the images I have found.

Any help is appreciated.

- Robyn

 

[Lotus99]

It doesn't look like an aptaisia to me.

Is it hard or soft?

I'm thinking it's a hard protrusion (a dead something) with some foramiferan or bryopsis growing on it, but it's just a guess

 

[santame]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=11583852#post11583852 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by Lotus99
It doesn't look like an aptaisia to me.

Is it hard or soft?

That is good news. I sure wish I knew if it was safe... I have not poked it or anything, so am not sure if it is hard or soft. But it is very fuzzy looking.

 

[NYIntensity]

Was this picture taken when the lights were coming on/soon to going off? If so, I'd speculate that it's a closed up hydroid, completing or starting its daily cycle of opening/closing. Does it open up to something resembling a clear tentacled strawberry base colored anemone?

 

[santame]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=11584282#post11584282 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by NYIntensity
Was this picture taken when the lights were coming on/soon to going off?

No, this was taken during the day and it seems to look like this no matter what time - day or night. Does not change, but may have grown a bit over the last 4 weeks.

Does it open up to something resembling a clear tentacled strawberry base colored anemone?

Thanks for the reply. I note no change at all throughout the day or night.

Puzzling....

 

[NYIntensity]

"Puzzling".... quite... perhaps a sponge? I've got something similar to that, but a blue/green color growing in my tank on a rock that's got quite a collection of sponges on it.