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[imcosmokramer]

What are these?

I bought some dry rock and live rock, and there are several of these that showed up. These only showed up on the dry rock:

 

[papagimp]

I'm not sure, but it looks like it's staring at me.

 

[imcosmokramer]

Another picture

Another picture

here's a pic of another one:

 

[papagimp]

wow, not a clue on that either, neat looking though. Was this rock completely dry? How long had it been out of water for, if ya had to guess?

 

[imcosmokramer]

Yes, completely dry. It was ordered from bulkreefsupply.com, arrived dry, was sitting here for another few weeks. They look like little plants, there are maybe 10 of them in the tank....argh.

 

[bertoni]

How big are they? If they're small, they might be foraminiferans. Otherwise, I'd guess some sort of worm.

 

[imcosmokramer]

The second one is probably the size of a quarter. The reason for my plant guess was that they never move.

 

[bertoni]

The second one looks more like a foraminiferan to me. The first one could be one, as well, but I'm not sure about either.

 

[Paintbug]

that is a Flabelligerid worm. they are harmless, they eat detritus and other small foods that fall onto their palps.

 

[imcosmokramer]

So I should just let them be?

 

[MYDRAAL]

:lol:

 

[imcosmokramer]

I guess I won't take them out, just keep an eye on them. The tank is cycling anyways.

 

[reef4me2]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=12074296#post12074296 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by papagimp
I'm not sure, but it looks like it's staring at me.

That was my first thought exactly!:rollface: