Hammer sweeper tentacles

[Rmckoy]

Do Sweeper tentacles always come out of the top of the colony ?
I knew it was one if the euphillia killing the neighbouring Xenia but not sure what one .
I have a purple tip hammer frag sitting inside a rock .
there are worm like or sweeper tentacles coming across the surface of the rock , some even through the rock

is it sweepers or worms ?

 

[1guydude]

Is it coming from the rock or the coral?
Ive had galaxea sweepers. Torch coral sweepers. I know bubble coral has short feeder sweepers. Usually at night and diffrent than the typical brain coral feeders like acans or open brains.
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[Dark_Knightt]

I have never seen sweepers on any of my corals, except my late bubble coral.

 

[Rmckoy]

Is it coming from the rock or the coral?
Ive had galaxea sweepers. Torch coral sweepers. I know bubble coral has short feeder sweepers. Usually at night and diffrent than the typical brain coral feeders like acans or open brains.
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There are a few coming up through holes in the rock .
the others are across the surface of the rock coming from the purple tip hammer .
Zoom into pictures . You will see what I mean

 

[Rmckoy]

Picture 1 you can see the pictures coming up through the rock to the right of the hammer
Picture 2 is blurry
3 and 4 the long sweeper crawling across the rock

 

[amazongb]

Do they look like vermetid snail mucus? Hard to tell from the pictures..

 

[uhgster1]

Hammers don’t have sweepers per say, they elongate one or more of their regular tentacles. It’s really obvious. Galaxea, chalices, pavona, leptiseris, and some others have sweepers. They look almost transparent and obviously longer than their regular tentacles. My galaxea has 6 inch sweepers that come out of a
2 1/2 inch colony. That stuff that looks like tentacles coming out of the rock are something else.

 

[Rmckoy]

These are long , transparent ,

what do Vermetid snails or mucus look like ?
what ever it is. .
It’s stinging and killing Xenia that are close .

 

[amazongb]

These are long , transparent ,

what do Vermetid snails or mucus look like ?
what ever it is. .
It’s stinging and killing Xenia that are close .

Like long spider webs.. very thin, but they will kill corals..

 

[Rmckoy]

Hammers don’t have sweepers per say, they elongate one or more of their regular tentacles. It’s really obvious. Galaxea, chalices, pavona, leptiseris, and some others have sweepers. They look almost transparent and obviously longer than their regular tentacles. My galaxea has 6 inch sweepers that come out of a
2 1/2 inch colony. That stuff that looks like tentacles coming out of the rock are something else.

Any ideas ?

 

[1guydude]

Spanoid worms or something. Hths. Could be sweepers but idk with out better pics
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[Rmckoy]

Like long spider webs.. very thin, but they will kill corals..

Long , thin , kinda pointed at the end .
nit really like spider webs though .
transparent . And almost move the same as a Brittle stars legs extend feeling for food .

 

[vetteguy53081]

Looks like web from a vermetid snail. Vermetid snails can be pretty destructive. Most aquarists complain that Vermetid snails bother soft coral and mushrooms due to the feeder webs. They sprout up in between the heads and cause them to stop opening. As a result, corals do not get enough food, and therby become weaker and eventually die.

 

[Rmckoy]

Looks like web from a vermetid snail. Vermetid snails can be pretty destructive. Most aquarists complain that Vermetid snails bother soft coral and mushrooms due to the feeder webs. They sprout up in between the heads and cause them to stop opening. As a result, corals do not get enough food, and therby become weaker and eventually die.

It’s almost like something has stung and killed each Xenia one at a time .

 

[vetteguy53081]

It’s almost like something has stung and killed each Xenia one at a time .

And hammer is a possibility. Here is mine-

 

[Rmckoy]

I’ll try to get a better picture .
but after looking up images of the snail web , that’s not it .
It’s thicker than a web .
transparent .

 

[1guydude]

?

 

[Rmckoy]

?

What is that ?

 

[1guydude]

Its a worm in a tube. Spoinod worms.
Hths
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[Prospect52]

We have had this hammer for about 9 months, and Xenia has been very near it for at least the last 3. Suddenly, over the past few weeks we’ve seen these tentacles, increasing in length and quantity, all coming from the right side of the coral as pictured. The closest Xenia are taking a beating.....

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