I’m hoping someone will know what this creature is in our tank!
Possible feather duster.I do know there are several ball anemones in the tank, but the tubular thing under the rock is also a ball?
Welcome to Reef2Reef!I do know there are several ball anemones in the tank, but the tubular thing under the rock is also a ball?
Seeing could help with saying for certain, but as is I'm relatively confident it's an Edwardsiid (taxonomic family Edwardsiidae) anemone, sometimes called "Worm Anemones."
Assuming it's in a tropical tank, that would narrow the possible genera down to five different ones (Edwardsia, Edwardsianthus, Edwardsiella, Nematostella, and Scolanthus [Edit: forgot Paraedwardsia, though it's an unlikely one]); out of those, an Edwardsia sp. seems the most likely to me - unfortunately, the genus contains dozens of species and I haven't looked through them all, so I'm not sure which one at this point, but here are two (linked below) that look relatively close:
Edwardsia sp.02 Burrowing sea anemone, Sand anemone
Edwardsia sp.02is commonly referred to as Burrowing sea anemone, Sand anemone. Difficulty in the aquarium: Very easy. A aquarium size of at least 20 Liter is recommended. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.reeflex.net
Edwardsia sp.03 Burrowing Sea Anemone
Edwardsia sp.03is commonly referred to as Burrowing Sea Anemone. Difficulty in the aquarium: There are no reports available yet that this animal has already been kept in captivity successfully. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.
I do know there are several ball anemones in the tank, but the tubular thing under the rock is also a ball?
Thank you so much!! This is incredibly helpful! I was assuming it was some type of anemone but I looked everywhere for images that were even close and kept striking out. I’m so impressed with how quickly you were able to identify these guys! I think the ones in my tank look closest to the first one you sent the link for, but either way, so satisfying to be able to confirm at least that it’s an anemone!!!
