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[Fmxchick]

Could anyone tell me what is on my elegance coral?
Sorry for the quality of the pic but quickly noticed it and took a pic with my phone.
I have also noticed this on 1 of the snails but much smaller. Is this aiptasia?

 

[lukusis]

Hard to tell from those pics..... fan worm?

 

[Fmxchick]

Hard to tell from those pics..... fan worm?

Charging the camera so I can take another shot.
It is a pale pink colour and the top of it looks to have many bristles on it which seem to retract now and again. The snail also has 2 of these although they seem to only be the heads, no body.

 

[lukusis]

Bristleworm?

I thought it may have been a variety of feather duster worm.... but probably not from your description.



Aiptasia generally looks like this:

 

[Ben Daley]

A: Sponge
B: Pineapple Sponge
C: Crown of a fan worm?
D: Tube of the fan worm in C

It's hard to ID what C is, but given there are lots of sponges in the photo, it's probably another filter feeder rather than photosynthetic.

 

[Fmxchick]

Bristleworm?

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I thought it may have been a variety of feather duster worm.... but probably not from your description.



Aiptasia generally looks like this:

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Doesn't look like either of these.

 

[Fmxchick]

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A: Sponge
B: Pineapple Sponge
C: Crown of a fan worm?
D: Tube of the fan worm in C

It's hard to ID what C is, but given there are lots of sponges in the photo, it's probably another filter feeder rather than photosynthetic.

Thank you.
Are these harmful?

 

[Fmxchick]

After googling fan worms, it does look like 1. Hopefully I can get a better picture of it.

 

[Ben Daley]

Thank you.
Are these harmful?

Not at all - they're all harmless filter feeders :)

 

[lukusis]

Are these harmful?

I take them as an indicator of health :)

My first feather duster worm was (and is) one of my fav things in my nano!

 

[ReeferRob]

Feather dusters are good to have, my Copperband and Kleini butterflys LOVE them to death, literally, lol.

 

[Fmxchick]

Feather dusters are good to have, my Copperband and Kleini butterflys LOVE them to death, literally, lol.

I'm at ease with them in there since being told what they were.

I absolutely love Copperbands but have been told they are very difficult to keep and not reefsafe.

 

[ReeferRob]

Never had an issue with a Copperband or Kleini in a reef tank nor an Emporer, Regal or 6 Bar angel, now those little bastard Centropyges make me wanna set kittens on fire in a reef tank. Copperbands need to be able to graze throughout the day, they love feather dusters.