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11-05-2006, 10:25 AM
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King of the Niblonians!
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This orange thing...
Can any one tell me what this is? I have a live rock with about 4 of them on it. They seem to be an omnivorous scavanger. They eat prepard shrimp and fish flakes\pellets. Zoom up on it for alot more detail. Its circled below the blennie. 
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11-05-2006, 10:30 AM
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Shark
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It is hard for me to see. But I had a rock of yellowish orange poylps that looked similar. Can apistasia ( did I spell that right???) be yellowish orange?
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11-05-2006, 10:43 AM
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King of the Niblonians!
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If you open the pic in full screen then duble click it (XP). It will give you full size of it. Its got a bunch of worm like tenticals that are yellowish with black dots.
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11-05-2006, 10:47 AM
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Shark
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okay did that. looks like a apistasia with yellow to me... but I could be wrong. expecially if it is feeding like an anemone and eating prepared shrimp and other fish food.
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11-05-2006, 10:51 AM
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Shark
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Here is a yellow polyp:
Apistasia:
Dunno.... I think could be one of these.
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11-05-2006, 11:04 AM
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King of the Niblonians!
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I have yellow pulups. They look like a worm\annimty mix. They are interesting to watch them eat. They put their tenticals out about 3 inches and grab the food then pull it to them in the center. The other ones never steel each others food. Some times they work to gether altho they are not attached.
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11-05-2006, 11:16 AM
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Shark
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Now that I look closer. I do not think it is a yellow polyp. I am leaning more toward apistasia.
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11-05-2006, 11:27 AM
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They are kinda like the red hairs. But instead of liveing only in the sand they live only on live rock.
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11-05-2006, 11:43 AM
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Shark
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I vote apistasia. what ya think chris?
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11-05-2006, 11:49 AM
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They dont have a tube base like your pic. The are like a splat on the rock.
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11-05-2006, 12:01 PM
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The tubes can be deep un a rock I have had many on my tank where the tenicles just are visible
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11-05-2006, 12:05 PM
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King of the Niblonians!
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Are they bad in any way?
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11-05-2006, 12:07 PM
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11-05-2006, 12:14 PM
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Both.
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11-05-2006, 01:22 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by greenbean36191
They're the tentacles of a hair worm.
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yep. cirratulid polychaete. good guys to have. heres some info http://www.reefkeeping.com/issues/2002-06/rs/index.php
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