What is this??

[nUgZ]

I spotted something strange sticking out of some LR. Not sure what it was I tried to get it with tweezers but it retreated inside the rock. I thought it would stay in for sure but soon afterwards it started venturing out further. It appears to be using its tentacles to feed off of the rock. Any help would be great.

 

[sir_dudeguy]

some sort of worm is my guess...right there it kinda looks like some sort of duster/tube worm or whatever you wanna call them...but you say its eating off the rock? feather dusters woudnt do that..

 

[nUgZ]

Doesn't act at all like a featherduster. It seems like it ventures out to feed and actually picks things off of the rock. I've seen a lot of $#!* come out of LR and never anything like this.

 

[nUgZ]

BUMP

 

[sir_dudeguy]

ya thats why i was thinking that it wasnt a duster...but i'm guessing its some sort of worm...thats all i can guess lol.

 

[nUgZ]

BUMP

 

[DSMpunk]

Impossible to say without a picture, but it sounds like it might be a peanut worm maybe?

Does it look something like this?

Or maybe a spaghetti worm?

 

[Travis L. Stevens]

It almost looks like Neomeris algae.

 

[nUgZ]

Thanks for looking Travis and punk. There is a pic up top punk, and its definitely not algae Travis. Here is a link to the thread regarding this in the Invert forum with more pics.

http://reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=923176

 

[Travis L. Stevens]

Ya, I read the rest of your post after I posted my response. I felt dumb.