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06-30-2007, 07:21 PM
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Plankton
Join Date: Feb 2007
Location: kentucky
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What to do?
I have what I think is 1 colonial hydroid. It is brown in color and pops in and out like a feather duster. There is only one of them tho. Will it spread? It is on a rock that used to have star polyps attached to it and now the polyps are gone but the thing didn't show up until after the polyps were gone I think. I am fairly new to this so I am not sure if I should have taken the rock out LFS said that it would be ok and might even be a good source for other growth. I thought that this was a cool thing but now from what I am reading I think that mabye I should take the entire rock out. What should I do? 
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07-01-2007, 01:20 AM
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Sounds like it IS a featherduster if it pops in and out really fast. Hydroids arent that reactive. does it have a tube?
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07-01-2007, 08:00 AM
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Plankton
Join Date: Feb 2007
Location: kentucky
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It doesn't appear to have a tube but goes in and out of a small hole in the rock.
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07-01-2007, 08:16 AM
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Dive it, now makin' it
Join Date: Apr 2007
Location: North Carolina, USA
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07-01-2007, 10:41 AM
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Join Date: Jan 2000
Location: Walnut Grove, SC, USA
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pix, please...
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07-01-2007, 11:29 AM
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Plankton
Join Date: Feb 2007
Location: kentucky
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Here are a couple of pics I hope they are ok in quality
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07-01-2007, 12:51 PM
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Little Fishy
Join Date: May 2006
Location: Los Angeles, CA
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Looks like a feather duster to me. Many of them either create their own burrows in rock or settle into abandoned burrows so it looks as if they have no tubes.
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07-01-2007, 12:52 PM
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Little Fishy
Join Date: Mar 2007
Location: utah
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Its a feater duster. I have them all over my rocks. Mine are clear.
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07-01-2007, 04:12 PM
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Dive it, now makin' it
Join Date: Apr 2007
Location: North Carolina, USA
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It does appear that you got a free feather. To make sure, when it retracts, if you shine a light into the hole it goes into, you should see the tube it is comming out of. The end of it will be closed off, like a scallop. In time it will grow its tube out of the rock. Place it in moderate flow and it will grow fast..
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07-01-2007, 06:26 PM
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I've got the REEF rash!
Join Date: Nov 2004
Location: New Jersey
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Looks OK!
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07-01-2007, 10:09 PM
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Plankton
Join Date: Feb 2007
Location: kentucky
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Thanks for all your help. You all were right, it does have a very tiny tube stuck into the hole in the rock. I haven't seen one that small and not feathering out like that before. I guess it is just a young one. Thanks again. I have never had a cool hitchiker before!!!! WOOHOO!!!!
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07-02-2007, 03:18 AM
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Little Fishy
Join Date: Mar 2007
Location: utah
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mine have stayed small for about 7 years so, they wont get big. Mine could have stayed small because it was a fishonly with a trigger and he ate EVERYTHING......... We will see if they get bigger.
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07-02-2007, 04:39 PM
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Plankton
Join Date: Feb 2007
Location: kentucky
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07-14-2007, 03:31 AM
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JUST SAY NO! TO TAP WATER
Join Date: Apr 2007
Location: FLORIDA...2 blocks from a huge saltwater only fish store :)
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Looks Like A Majano..heard To Tell By The Blurry Pic
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