MarieH Posted August 12, 2017 Share Posted August 12, 2017 Is this a pest or generic polyp? Thanks. Quote Link to comment
samnaz Posted August 12, 2017 Share Posted August 12, 2017 looks like aiptasia to me. Quote Link to comment
.Boris Posted August 12, 2017 Share Posted August 12, 2017 I have something similar but they only come out after dark so I thought they were tube worms? Quote Link to comment
MarieH Posted August 12, 2017 Author Share Posted August 12, 2017 Mine are like a coral. out during the day. reddish in color, does not look like aiptasia. i'll see tonight after lights out. i am thinking some kind of clove or star polyp, hopefully. 55 minutes ago, .Boris said: I have something similar but they only come out after dark so I thought they were tube worms? You may be right, i see the heads above a kind of tube. thanks, i like this more than aiptasia.!! Quote Link to comment
Dominator Posted August 12, 2017 Share Posted August 12, 2017 Its Aiptasia, little baby ones and looks like they are spreading. I would move that rock away from other rocks if you want to keep it. Quote Link to comment
MarieH Posted August 12, 2017 Author Share Posted August 12, 2017 I'm still on the fence about it. If i touch them with a chopstick they collapse into the tube. In my experience with aiptasia, they sink completely into a hole in the rock and don't have tubes. These are red in color, my aiptasia looked brown and had heads the size of zoas. Different species? Quote Link to comment
MarieH Posted August 12, 2017 Author Share Posted August 12, 2017 I believe its SABELLIS TILOSAULA a minute type of feather duster worm. Evidently harmless and a sign of good health in the reef. The rock is isolated so I will keep watch on ot, nevertheless. Quote Link to comment
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