What is this pest worm

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The worm is about 5mm and can stretch to 10-20mm. The base is attached to anything and stays in one place. It's very thin. Was thinking digi hydroid but theres no barb...the body seams smooth.
In pic (zoomed) there are 3 of them I manage to remove and all are about 5mm. There is no hard shell, and the worm like that extends is a single long thin work.
Thats the best pic I can get.

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BUMP!

I've never seen anything like it.
 

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Looks a bit like retracted digitate hydroids. nvm cant read.
Have a pic of them extended?
 

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Looks like a small cucumber..

Could be. I've collected a couple of very small cucumbers that look a lot like these.
 
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The ripples you see in first post is from it being retracted, once fully extended, its 3+ times the length and thin as a strand of hair. There are no had "shell" The base is attached to frag plug and looks like a bulb shape.
In pic, it's on a frag plug and you see chaeto in background. (There are 2 on the plug)

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The ripples you see in first post is from it being retracted, once fully extended, its 3+ times the length and thin as a strand of hair. There are no had "shell" The base is attached to frag plug and looks like a bulb shape.
In pic, it's on a frag plug and you see chaeto in background. (There are 2 on the plug)

P7180033.jpg P7180035.jpg
This pic looks like a hydroid arm/branch/tentacle?
Does it look like this?
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