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Old 08/16/2005, 12:13 AM
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More hichhikes and questions

here are a few of the pods (zoas I think) I found on my live rock rubble:


same under antinic



And a orange one



What is this?


There is a strange elephant trunk like thing that exends out of a rock down to the sand when it is dark. If I hit it with a kight it retracks back. I have not seen any body or anything. Just this grey trunk that extends to the sand andthen retracts when hit with light. any ideas on that one?

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Old 08/16/2005, 02:00 AM
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Those are all zoa's... I have the same colors morphs in my tank. I'm not 100% sure what the last picture is, it might be a zoa that has just lost some of it's color in the move. Don't worry about that worm... they are good deitrus eaters. I forgot what they are called, I have them in my tank and the topic came up here a few months ago. The general consencious (spelling?) was they are good.
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Old 08/16/2005, 08:59 AM
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the strange elephant trunk is called a peanut worm.
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Old 08/16/2005, 02:08 PM
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the strange elephant trunk is called a peanut worm.
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Are you sure?? It looks like a button polyp to me.

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Old 08/16/2005, 05:06 PM
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That's some great live rock you got! I feel like the LFS's crack off frags from their live rock and sell you whats left. Anyone else think this too?
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Old 08/16/2005, 06:01 PM
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The last picture is a zoanthid and like paintbug said the worm is a peanut worm or sipunculan.
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Old 08/17/2005, 10:03 AM
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oh my found more stuff...
Feather Duster or tube anemone? there are 3 on this rock, Big on the top, small one on the bottom middle just above the sand and one you will see on the second picture. Also found a worm living in that grey stuff on the top, peanut worm? Looked similar to the othr one I saw.

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Old 08/17/2005, 10:33 AM
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Those are featherdusters. I can't help you with the worm since I can't see anything and most worms usually look pretty similar.
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