What is it?!!

[chris.hampton]

Hello, this has appeared on my rock and i'm not to sure what it is!! I think it could be a feather duster but i want to be sure!! Another has poped up elsewhere in the tank so it is making me think it might be aptasia but i haven't seen one with the same colours!! Thanks for the help!!

 

[AquaReeferMan]

Nothing to worry about. Its a feather duster aka tube worm.
http://www.melevsreef.com/id/tubeworms.html

 

[coast2coast7390]

feather duster...it looks like ther is a smaller one to the right of the purple one in the picture...in the background

 

[I'mRisenAquaRat]

Yeah Feather duster. They are cool. Shine a light on them and some go back into the rock for a min.

 

[drummereef]

Feather duster. Harmless filter feeder.

 

[UntamedBreez]

good thing!

 

[chris.hampton]

Phew!! Thanks for the replies, sorry it took me so long to get back i'm having trouble with my connection at the moment!! I hope to have some more pic's of my tank when i get around to getting the rock in some kind of order!! Thanks again

 

[hmello@bermexin]

Nice one at that.

 

[chris.hampton]

The picture's not to good (i have just got some extension rings and i still getting used to doing everything manually!!) but they are popping up all over the place now! I had a bit of trouble with the shipping and thought that everything would be dead but there are things all over the rock, including some crabs that i am trying to catch but they keep out smarting me!!

 

[hmello@bermexin]

That's cool that you are getting all kinds of hitchhikers. Where did you get your rock?

 

[chris.hampton]

www.live-rock.co.uk I went for 20kg of eco rock and 20kg normal rock, you can't really tell the difference apart from the eco rock is a little more rounded than the normal stuff. I think i need some more though, I've got the 40kg of live rock and 20kg of base rock and it still looks empty!!