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[Ponraj A]

Hi all,

I have seen this as shown in the below picture hiding in a cave of rocks and its legs spreading outside like a thin string around the rocks. It looks like a spider but with very long legs of upto 15 to 20cm like a thin filament. I think its not disturbing anything as far as i have watched from the morning. Can any one say me whether I have to remove it buy taking the rocks out or shall I watch for it.

 

[Lionfish Lair]

It could very well be a spider. Are you sure it's not? I can't see the photo on my phone.

 

[Ponraj A]

Is it harmful ?

 

[Ponraj A]

as I checked in google the spirders are smaller than this and one in my tank has slim body of 0.5cm in length and the legs catching he rocks around like a thin filament and in the length of upto 15 to 20cm. I will try to make better photos.

 

[Ponraj A]

Please find below the better photo I hope,

 

[saltnewb]

could be an aiptasia. does it move around or stay in that one spot?

 

[Ponraj A]

Only today I have noticed it and so far from the morning its staying on one place.

 

[saltnewb]

I'd lean towards some type of aiptasia, but I'm sure others will come along and confirm or deny. If it is aiptasia, you could super glue over it, of course you'd have to take the rock out to do that, inject it with lemon juice or try for a natural method and get something that is supposed to eat aiptasia such as a peppermint shrimp or copperband butterfly fish. There are some others, but I think those are most common. What livestock do you have in your tank currently?

 

[Ponraj A]

Only LPS zoas, brain, hammer and flower pot. Lawnmover blenny and torchus snail. Its new tank and first set of anthias are in QT.

 

[Ponraj A]

I have found two aiptasia in my Zoa colony and took them out and glued it with Seachem reef glue last week. But this one is looking different than them any how I will remove and glue it by this weekend if it's an aiptasia

 

[Bradley Crocker]

How do the "legs" act? Are they just there, waving in the current, or do they retract into a central opening or mouth every so often?

15-20cm is awfully long for an aptasia tentacle, plus I'd think you'd be able to see the body if it was anywhere near that large.

 

[Ponraj A]

Legs - some are touched to the rocks around in both front and back out of the cave where it is.
Body - seems to be like an this vertical line which is double the thicker as the legs. no stems kind of look. Its in the bottom of the top rock which is like a cave and the legs are coming out in all the direction outside the cave and touching the rocks around it.

 

[Ponraj A]

Legs are not retracting and they are not waving instead all are touching the rocks and the legs which are without rocks are just floating like dead worms

 

[Lionfish Lair]

I'm back on my PC. Is that a newly placed rock? Looks like a spaghetti worm.

 

[Ponraj A]

This rock is old (nearly 8months ) but I have kept a new pine apple brain coral over it about 20 days ago. I am having a feeling that I have noticed it before

 

[Lionfish Lair]

It's just a bit of an odd place to see one, so I wasn't sure if the rock got turned or placed recently. If he's happy, all it good. If he wasn't happy there, he would move.

 

[Ponraj A]

thanks Lion fish, I have googled it and it looking like the Spaghetti worm. You are really great !!!!

 

[telsonman]

yeah that's a spaghetti worm. Shouldn't be an issue with keeping it in there

 

[Ponraj A]

It has moved to the other end of the rock, I have uploaded an video of it. Please check.

 

[Lionfish Lair]

You need to change the privacy settings of the video.