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No issues that I can see. It’s a new coral from a LFS that has been in my quarantine tank for a week.Kinda looks like a feather duster worm? Is it causing problems?
It’s weird in that it hides in a little hole in the rock and when it does appear, it just sticks out, but never moves anywhere.@vetteguy53081 @ISpeakForTheSeas
Any idea here? I know zoa spiders exist but never seen them and understand they aren't easy to deal with. Or is this some other critter?
Best to be on the safe side...
Probably not a zoanthid eating spider in this case, but I can't see clearly enough to feel confident with an ID at the moment.@vetteguy53081 @ISpeakForTheSeas
Any idea here? I know zoa spiders exist but never seen them and understand they aren't easy to deal with. Or is this some other critter?
That’s the best picture I can get — it’s with 5x zoom and a DeepSee. The thing is super tiny.Probably not a zoanthid eating spider in this case, but I can't see clearly enough to feel confident with an ID at the moment.
If its moving, may very well be a zoa eating spider which typically buries itself within the zoa polyp. Other possibility is a hydroid@vetteguy53081 @ISpeakForTheSeas
Any idea here? I know zoa spiders exist but never seen them and understand they aren't easy to deal with. Or is this some other critter?
Best to be on the safe side...
Yeah, it's not easy getting pics of stuff that small. Can you describe the critter and its hole more at all? (For examples, does it look like a crustacean? Is the hole a tube? Is the hole hard like barnacle shell? How does the critter move - does it open/close, expand/contract, extend/retract, etc.?)That’s the best picture I can get — it’s with 5x zoom and a DeepSee. The thing is super tiny.
It just sticks out And retracts. I’ve never seen it move…If its moving, may very well be a zoa eating spider which typically buries itself within the zoa polyp. Other possibility is a hydroid
The zoas are on a rounded piece of rock that someone cut with a band saw and then glued to a frag disc. The hole is probably 2mm by 1mm right next to the base of a polyp.Yeah, it's not easy getting pics of stuff that small. Can you describe the critter and its hole more at all? (For examples, does it look like a crustacean? Is the hole a tube? Is the hole hard like barnacle shell? How does the critter move - does it open/close, expand/contract, extend/retract, etc.?)
As is, it kind of does look like a little feather duster or barnacle - are the little appendages sticking out in the pics leg-like, tentacle-like, or feather-like?
Great - sounds like what a hydroid would doIt just sticks out And retracts. I’ve never seen it move…
I looked at pictures of hydroids and it’s not an exact match, but probably the best bet so far given that this thing doesn’t seem to move about.Great
Great - sounds like what a hydroid would do
No, not waving at all.Might have been a barnacle... When it popped in and out, was it like it was waving at you?