Help with ID

Hey guys,
I got some new live rock today and found that is have alot of cool things on it. There is some, what looks like some kinda a polyp, growing on it. I took a picture but it is really hard to see, so I will try to discribe it. It is living in a bunch of about 15-20 straw looking stalks. The stalks are brown, with orange fuzzy animals coming out of them. It was all closed up when I put it in the water, but now about an hour later they are starting to come out of the stalks. I have it in kinda strong water flow, so it is taking a long time to get them all the way out. So I mite move them later. I thought it mite be some kinda of glass anemone, but these guys look more like a coral, and live in a stalk. I will try to get a better picture, but my camera is kina old so it will be hard to focus in on it. Thanks for your time,

Mike

 

Feather duster?

 

well maybe, ive seen featherdusters before. it is just that these are so small it is have to tell, and ive never seen dusters in groups before. i guess i will just have to wate till they grow up alittle to find out. thanks for the reply though

 

I have, they're small featherworms, but their feathers tend to be white. You need a clearer shot. ;D

 

i got a new pic

i got this pic a few mins ago. only one of the little guys is out right now, but you can still see the group better. how long does it normaly take for dusters to get used to there new tank, and do they need to be in good flow? thanks

 

I don't think there are featherdusters. I think it might be a aiptasia.

 

Hydroids. Not a good thing.

Hitchhiker FAQ - Hydroids

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Hitchhiker FAQ - Rock 1

 

Birchell, you need a better and more clear image than that They may be hydroids, you can not tell from that image.

 

The description was what convinced me that it was hydroids. The picture did help a little though

"It is living in a bunch of about 15-20 straw looking stalks. The stalks are brown, with orange fuzzy animals coming out of them"

 

I think amcarrig nailed it. Good job. ;D

Oh man, "They are the asexual stage of life for many of the 'jellyfish'". Time to scrub them off. Or put them somewhere away from corals to avoid the hydroid colony stinging and possibly killing corals off.