Stuff on my live rock

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  1. ninty

    ninty Flamingo Tongue

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    Don't know if this is the right forum, Can enybody help to ID these. The last image is hard to distinguish but all i can say is they are like fine threads that seem to come from one point, there may be as many as five and they seem to be able to strech along way about 2-3 inches and when you tap on the tank they shoot back into the rock.

    Many thank's.
     

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  3. divott

    divott Giant Squid

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    need some pics. could be aiptasia.
     
  4. ninty

    ninty Flamingo Tongue

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    Just sorted it out.
     
  5. divott

    divott Giant Squid

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    third pic looks like a feather duster worm. nothin wrong with that. the 1st and 3rd look like forms of macroalgae , which are normal and not a prob by the looks of them. sorry cant figure out the 4th.
     
  6. whippy

    whippy Sailfin Tang

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    Aiptasia
    Feather Duster
    Vermetid Snail ?
    Green Hair Algae
     
  7. divott

    divott Giant Squid

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    sorry 2nd pic a duster. 1st and 3r macro's
     
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  9. slocal

    slocal Doot!

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    The things with the long tentacles could be either a chaetopterid worm or a spionid worm. Hard to tell which unless you take it out of the tube. They're harmless in small numbers. I'd just watch how much you feed your tank
     
  10. ninty

    ninty Flamingo Tongue

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    Thank's for the help. After doing an iamage search it looks like the fourth image is a spionid worm.
     
  11. mufassathelion

    mufassathelion Skunk Shrimp

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    1. aptasia
    2 feather duster worm
    3rd. tube worm
    4th ????