please help id

[gusmanda]

I've tried this on several forums and nobody has been able to id this. Any ideas?

http://reefcentral.com/gallery/data...odd_critter.JPG

It came along with some zoo's that i bought, and has grown since I got it.

 

[Julio]

the link isn't working.

 

[Travis L. Stevens]

You need the whole url when linking. Or the whole url in image tags. Here you go.

I'm not sure on this one, but it looks like colonial tunicates

 

[gusmanda]

I don't recall having heard about these before, is there a reason why they are not common in the hobby?

 

[Travis L. Stevens]

Because tunicates often wither away and die in the home aquarium. They are filter feeders and fare poorly. There are some very beautiful types of tunicates though. Here is an example.

Blue Lollipop Tunicate (Nephtheis fascicularis)

 

[gusmanda]

I'll try to get professional camera to take better pictures of this, I'm surprised it's made it so far. Had it for about 2 months now. It actually started annoying me since it was taking space from the zoo's. To these grow big?

 

[gusmanda]

hmmmmmm, they're not on sale on liveaquaria nor marinedepotlive, any ideas as to what they like/dislike?

 

[LeslieH]

They're filter feeders which take in very fine particulates from the water. They often starve because there's not enough food in the right size range for them.