What are these things all over my rocks?

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So I see these small white weird looking things everywhere on my rocks and it doesn’t look like aptaisia or anything to me

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Yep, feather dusters. Harmless filter feeders.
 
Hard to tell because they are so small, I did have hydroids but those are gone and looked different than these to me

If they're feather dusters they'll retract into the tube, i think it would be pretty noticeable even at that size
 
Look more like hydroids to me .... hard to tell for sure.
 
If they get too numerous, a couple of peppermint shrimp will decimate them.
 

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