what is this on my RPE?

[greystreet41]

You can see them more prevalent on the right side. Looks like very small tube worms but only has 2 dark hairs protruding out kinda like antennas. Took the pic at night to get a better look at the tube. The polyps in close proximity to them appear to have been stung. Any ID ideas and/or remedies?

 

[greystreet41]

little better image

 

[cardgenius]

Looks like some kind of tube worm.

 

[Pazazz]

those are spaghetti worms!!!

 

[Chemguy85]

i am going with spaghetti worms as well and great photo btw

 

[greystreet41]

so could these spaz worms be stinging the polyps?

 

[bkiba]

i doesn't look like a spag worm to me, could be hydoids or some other kind of worm. A FW dip should take care of those.

 

[Creetin]

Yes FW dip the rock if the zoa's look like they are getting stung.
(Which they do)
I cant remember the name but i think those are related to jelly fish. IMO

 

[Reef Junkie]

I don't think those are stinging animals. Probably some sort of spionid worm; harmless really.
http://www.pmel.noaa.gov/vents/nemo/explorer/bio_gallery/biogallery-Info.00059.html

 

[Jovreefer]

I dunno what they are but those polyps look SUPER ****ed! I'd dip that rock to get rid of it whatever it is!

 

[Azurel]

I would dip them just to be sure....Are you sure those are RPEs they look like the DooDoo brown PEs also known as 2DBPEs..lol

 

[akrimmel]

definitely do a fw dip

 

[ranran]

its a hydroid

 

[omni2226]

Those are hydroids, a bad thing. Get rid of them asap.

 

[greystreet41]

I found these hydroids, but they're not like mine.
http://slugsite.us/bow/nudwk443.htm
I'm going to do manual removal and dip.

 

[fishdoc11]

They don't look like hydroids(radial symmetry) or spaghetti worms(multiple non split arms) to me either Casey...don't have a clue as to what they are though. I agree a freshwater dip should at least make them um...uncomfortable
Chris

 

[gflat65]

Teaser with a tweezer. You can rip those bad boys off there. I have some that are white instead of black, but they don't seem to cause problems for me...

 

[greystreet41]

update: FW dip didn't get 'em. I got the majority off manually, but the few I overlooked were wide open only a few moments after the dip...so I dunno. Did get one of those sundial snails though that eat zoas...can't recall the real name.