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Old 09/17/2003, 11:57 PM
cquirk cquirk is offline
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Any one know what this is?

I have five of these little critters on the glass of my tank. They are about the size of a pin head. I took the picture through an eye piece of my binoculars inverted to creat a magnifying glass. The picture is not very good but it give you a general idea of what these thing look like. They have feather like things sticking out from the end. Are they baby feater dusters? I dont have any feather dusters or any thing like it. They musthave hitchhiked in with the live rock. Any thoughts?
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Old 09/18/2003, 12:11 AM
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aint have any idea??? what are u guys thots of it??
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Old 09/18/2003, 12:22 AM
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Looks like a Feather Duster Worm called a Spirorbid. Perfectly harmless filter feeders. It's pretty hard to give a firm ID on it with that picture though.

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