ID this green thing in my tank?

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  1. elweshomayor

    elweshomayor Giant Squid

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    i know about the aipstasia     but i have no idea what the green thing under it is...
    somehow it looks like a clam.. but im not sure.. i has hairy looking things in the end..
     
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  2. Magnett2

    Magnett2 Coral Banded Shrimp

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    Some kind of bivalve. Don't know what kind.

    Maybe you can find it here or here
     
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  3. bpitts4

    bpitts4 Astrea Snail

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    Besides the green thing, looks as though you have some aptasia in there as well.
     
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  4. 2in10

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    I would say a touch test is in order.
     
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  5. blackraven1425

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    Agreed on the touch test, but it's probably a scallop.
     
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    looks like a barnacle, they have little feather type things that come out of their shells
     
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  7. Seano Hermano

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    I'm pretty sure the green thing in question is a scallop.
     
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  8. elweshomayor

    elweshomayor Giant Squid

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    im afraid to touch it LOL.. what if it bites me xD
     
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    thats weird... that rock was out of the water for quite sometime.. and yet some aipstasia and that green thing still survived...:eek:
     
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  10. blackraven1425

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    Yeah, but those tend to be a circular mound protruding from the rock. This seems to be a line of the "tentacles", and they seem to be much thicker than a barnacle's feeders. The shell also seems to have the general characteristics of a scallop, with the radial lines and shape of the base.
     
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