Can anyone ID this?

[rwhall51]

I know it's blurry. I am learning how to use this camera, but I want to find out what the little pink trees are. Thay are along the top of the LR in this picture.

[shag26272]

cant tell from the pic but possibly some type of fan worm?????????????

[rwhall51]

Is this any better?

[rwhall51]

Any ideas?

[JasonE]

hydroids...?

[CallATT]

hydroids would be my guess.. are there little tentacles on the ends of those stalks?

[Frick-n-Frags]

I had those once. They look like tube worms at first until you look at the tentacles, then they pretty much look like Cnidarians(anemones/corals)and not tube worms. Mine were not photosynthetic and they were spreading nicely for a while, then they kind of just went away.

So much for helping you ID them :D I would guess tube Cnidarian (there's a lame C.Y.A. answer if I ever saw one)

[Cakepro]

Are they bad? I have some that are really quite beautiful -- a fluorescent green. They're growing right up next to some kind of oddly-shaped sps of the same color and don't bother the coral at all. I had some black ones in one lower corner of the tank and in the other corner there are some brown ones. What I have look like tube worms, but their tentacles are long and very wispy and delicate looking. The height of the tube is perhaps only 5 mm.

~ Sherri ~

[rwhall51]

They do have a about five real short tentacles all the way up the stalk. The seem to grow is groups. I haven't seen any green, black or brown, these are all pink. The tentacles have a little ball on the end. They do move easily with the current. Any more ideas?