icky goo

do you notice it happing more during feeding times

 

nope its prety much always stiking out. i guess its always hungry...

Marc.

 

did you try poking it see if its stable

 

no no it moves around on its own. there like little worms or arms stiking out trying to grab stuff.

 

sweeeeat!!! mine doent move but spits like a frogs tonge. if i poke at it, it will come right off like a spider web. both are serious wonders of the sea.

 

[quote author=m_lacom99 link=board=General;num=1099316749;start=15#19 date=11/05/04 at 06:07:51]Ok im a little late but heres my 2 wiskers "thing" come out of a little hole.  Have no clue what it is but its cool that for sure.
Not to sure if the pic is clear enough though.

Marc[/quote]

Marc,

I think it might be a Vermetid Snail.

http://www.reefs.org/library/aquarium_net/0897/0897_8.html

" The feeding methodology of these animals is rather bizarre and interesting. The animals use the mucous gland in their foot to produce a large of amount of mucus. The mucus is extended up in to the surrounding water by the use of the tentacles on the feet (Hyman, 1967; Kohn, 1983). The strands can extend quite some distance depending on the water flow and the size of the animals. In my aquarium a vermetid about 3 mm (1/8th inch) across, can project mucus strands about 60 mm (2.5 inches). I have seen some large vermetids were over 50 mm (2 inches) in diameter on reef flats in Palau. The mucus strands from these animals extended over 2 m (about 6.5 feet). "


John

 

If thats not it its pretty close JohnO. But i never saw mine spit out any kind off goo. It only has those 2 tentacles that move around and go in and out of that thing. Here another pic so you can see that they realy do move around, its a little blurry though. Plus today i think i saw another one of these, on another side of the same rock, im not sure though it move prety fast so ill be checking more tomorrow.

Marc.

 

Little update. My girlfreind was reading this thread and she doesnt think i answered correctly to dano's question, if it moved if i poked it.

The arms, tentacle or whatever you want to call them move on there own but the "tube" they come out is stable, i would say it looks like a crapy version of a feather duster's tube. Its probebly calcium based. Its stuck there and does not move. Just the tentacles.

Marc.

 

http://www.suite101.com/article.cfm/snails_shells/86839

"In contrast to feather-duster tube worms, vermetid snails do not extend tentacles in order to catch food, they have only two, albeit very large tentacles. Instead, vermetid snails gather food by releasing a net of sticky mucus strands into the water. After a while, they pull the entire mucus structure back and eat it - with all the planktonic goodies that have been trapped in it. To fabricate the net, the snails have a large mucus gland right near the two tentacles. So they can expel the mucus through the tentacular grooves. If there is any danger lurking outside, worm snails retreat their tentacles and close the tube by a proteinaceous door."

http://www.reeflounge.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=5337&view=next

 

It sure looks like the pictures on you second link amcarring but like i said before i never saw mine spit out any kind of mucus. maybe i just wasnt lucky enough to see it yet... Will keep you all posted.