Critter ID

Tocspaw · 2026-10-03T14:31:25-0400

Hi could use some help with critter ID. Thanks!

1). Anenome? It’s tiny and seems closed up.

2). I thought this could be a vermetid snail but it is swaying in the flow. Color is pale purple to white.

3) Last one. Not sure if this is a feather duster? It’s nestled in so I can’t see the base.

mcarroll · 2026-10-03T14:34:49-0400

Sorry, are all three photos of different objects, or all photos are of the same object?

The first one sorta looks like a post from the other day thta was tunicates.

The last one looks like a polyp of some sort.

Maybe the second one is just another polpy in profile?

Privateye · 2026-10-03T14:52:40-0400

It's tough to say from these photos. Is it possible to get clearer ones?

For now, my guess on #1 is a tiny carpet anemone. That's not the name - I just haven't seen them marketed so I don't know if they have a name yet. I used to have them in one of my tanks. They get to the size of about a nickel, and reproduce by division. I always let them live because they were too short to sting most coral, and they didn't proliferate as fast as aiptasia or majanos. With intense blue light they would develop green, yellow, and purple coloration. I might be able to dig out some old photos if I go through my hard drives.

No clue on #2.

#3 is looking more like an anemone or perhaps even a branching LPS than a feather duster to me. At least from the photo.