Hi, I hope I posted this in the right place. I am new to the hobby and have started with a twenty gallon tank that has been running for about three monthes now.
Just tonight I noticed what seem to be four small tentacles (~5-10 mm long) poking out from a hole on the underside of my live rock. They start about the diameter of a lengh of cross stick floss, maybe a tad smaller, and end about the size of one thread. They are not really moving aside from wavering a bit in the current, especially the thin tips.
The only thing I can compare it too, would be like a very small brittle star legs. But the ones in my tank are yellow with dark brown/black bands. I have tried to look up brittle stars but have found none with the same color.
The closest I found is this: http://lh6.ggpht.com/_vnzN5K0hFz0/SZzcaxoC3DI/AAAAAAAABeA/LN-SXEgSkmg/s400/brittle_star_7065.jpg
But the one in my tank is more of an ocre yellow and the bands are pencil thin. A baby one?
I am kind of freaked out. It has not moved since I have noticed it.
Any idea what this could be? I can't get a picture cause my camera sucks and to get this thing on film would take some super macro function or something as they "tentacles" are quite thin.
Thanks for any insight.
Just tonight I noticed what seem to be four small tentacles (~5-10 mm long) poking out from a hole on the underside of my live rock. They start about the diameter of a lengh of cross stick floss, maybe a tad smaller, and end about the size of one thread. They are not really moving aside from wavering a bit in the current, especially the thin tips.
The only thing I can compare it too, would be like a very small brittle star legs. But the ones in my tank are yellow with dark brown/black bands. I have tried to look up brittle stars but have found none with the same color.
The closest I found is this: http://lh6.ggpht.com/_vnzN5K0hFz0/SZzcaxoC3DI/AAAAAAAABeA/LN-SXEgSkmg/s400/brittle_star_7065.jpg
But the one in my tank is more of an ocre yellow and the bands are pencil thin. A baby one?
I am kind of freaked out. It has not moved since I have noticed it.
Any idea what this could be? I can't get a picture cause my camera sucks and to get this thing on film would take some super macro function or something as they "tentacles" are quite thin.
Thanks for any insight.
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