Green aiptasia?

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  1. Blue Falcon

    Blue Falcon Fire Goby

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    At first I thought it was green because of my actinics, but then i turned on my 10k bulbs and sure enough, still green. Some type of Aiptasia?

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    following this one
     
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  3. iLLwiLL

    iLLwiLL Sailfin Tang

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    maybe some kind of feather dusters or hydroids?

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  4. Blue Falcon

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    tentacles look a little stringy to be a feather duster, and they don't retract when disturbed. My guess is its definitely some type of hydrazoa: Hydroid
     
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  5. stauchistory

    stauchistory Feather Duster

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    Could someone refresh my memory on the tentacles retracting and identification. I read somewhere that if they retract they are one thing, and if they don't they are something else. I had an aiptasia before but my Turbo Snail took care of it.

    This green thing is pretty interesting.
     
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  6. Blue Falcon

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    feather duster worms retract inside their tube when disturbed, but so do alot of polyp corals. Feather dusters retract instantly, corals are slower to retract.

    Also, feather dusters have a feathery crown that moves food to the mouth of the worm, where most polyp corals and anemones have stringy wavy tentacles.
     
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  7. stauchistory

    stauchistory Feather Duster

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    What about aiptasia? I was told that was what I had, and if I touched it, there was instant retraction.
     
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  8. Blue Falcon

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  9. Blue Falcon

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    no-one knows?
     
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  10. oceanparadise1

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    majornos? cant really tell, can you get a closer picture?
     
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