Can you ID this thing?

Discussion in 'Coral' started by Solowkoe, Sep 22, 2006.

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  1. Solowkoe

    Solowkoe Astrea Snail

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    I bought a stick with some coral from my LFS. when i woke up the next morning, there was a orange thing that look like a fat, small orange worm thingy, but it doesnt move. I think it came out of the middle of the hollow stick. its kinda ugly. Then when i woke up the morning after that, the orange thing had a cloud of mukis surrounding it, but thats after i did a 30%water change. can you tell me what it is and whats surrounding it? is it ok to have?

    i actually dont even know what kind of coral it was i bought, it was on sell, so i bought it. i think its a brown blasto or zoo, can you tell me. i will try to post pictures with this post.
     

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  3. JustPhish

    JustPhish Peppermint Shrimp

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    The coral is a type of zoanthid. Blastomussas are hard corals. I am curious if the worm is a vermetid snail that lost it's tube and is currently building a new one.

    The head of it certainly looks like a vermetid. See if the stuff around it hardens and if it sends out a mucous net that it sucks back into it's tube from time to time.
     
  4. Reef Lover

    Reef Lover Sea Dragon

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    Is the small orange spot flat and moves around? It might be flat worms.
     
  5. Solowkoe

    Solowkoe Astrea Snail

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    no, its not flat, its like the size of my pinky round.
     
  6. m_lacom99

    m_lacom99 Stylophora

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    +1 on the vermetid
     
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    90_Berlin_joe Fire Shrimp

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  9. bouraganes

    bouraganes Peppermint Shrimp

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    BE careful I've had some bad expieriences with worm recently!
     
  10. Solowkoe

    Solowkoe Astrea Snail

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    it kinda looks like that, but without a shell. anyways, it died and so he went to the big toilet in the sky. i am guessing thats what the mucis was from.