ID Please?

ok im very new around here so hopefully someone can help me ID a few things...

I assume this is some kind of worm... im just really not sure what kind it is. Also if it is a worm, is it a bad worm?


next there are three things im unsure of...i think #1 is flame algae? #2 no idea, maybe some kind of polyp? and #3 again not sure, wild guess a small featherduster?


Im surprised i even have anything growing in here since i dont have my lights setup yet. all i have is one T-8 (20Watt) 50/50 bulb...

Thank you for any help in advance!

 

I'm pretty sure number 3 is a feather duster, but I don't have any experience with the rest. I have several feather dusters growing on the live rock I bought, and they look just like that.

 

Pic 1 #3, that's what I thought at first. It looks like an Aiptasia anenome. Some people remove them immediately, as they can spread spread spread. Others leave them. I left mine and it has grown pretty big. I always keep an eye on it. If it starts to multiply, it's gone.

I have no idea on all others.

 

1+ on #3 is a small feather #2 look's like some type of zoa..but it is close so is hard to say, and #1 is some kind of red algae, on the first pic it is really hard to say also but it looks like an aptasia anemone

 

If it's coming out of what appears to be a shell-like tube, it is not aiptasia. I think I have a couple of aiptasia in my aquarium, but I am going for the "wait and see" approach. Really it's just that I can't get a good picture of it as it is located very poorly for the camera to register it.

At any rate, I hear there are some hermits or some such that eat aiptasia when it's small, but I'd like confimration on that before you believe me ><

 

I believe #2 is yellow colony polyps. #3 looks like feather duster and if you find out what #1 is let me know. I have some starting to grow.

 

well actually in the first picture it is coming out of a tube thing and when i was taking pictures it appeared to close or go in the tube. i had to kind of sneak a picture lol. Hmm...i guess for now i will just wait and see what happens.

Also when do Zoas open?

Thank you all for your help!

 

Then I would say it's a feather duster.

Does #3 (on pic 2) go into a tube? If not, I would say it's possibly an Aiptasia. But, it looks like another feather duster to me. Hard to tell from the pic (or my eyes suck :-/).

 

any thoughts on what kind of featherduster it could be? id like to do some reading on these things (im very excited ;D)

No, only the first picture (the red thing) goes into the tube. #3 in picture 2 just appears to be hanging off the side of this lr but again i cant see what is on the backside either...

 

Small ;D

Just kidding. I dont' really know, so I'll let someone smarter answer.