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10-01-2007, 10:09 PM
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Oops I fragged it again!
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Another Tank Alien..
ok.. so i was looking at the tank today (big surprise..and yep still full of Diatoms) anyway, i noticed this little creature sticking out the bottom of my rock... it was white kind had hairs all around it (like a caterpillars that lost 90% of it's hairs) about 1.5-2" long about 3-4 millimeters in diameter (without the hairs, about a centimeter including the hairs) what is it.. it seemed to feed a little on the diatoms..
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10-01-2007, 11:14 PM
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moddin aint easy
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sounds like a feather duster to me... is it stationary? does the hairs suck back into it real quick when something gets near it?
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10-02-2007, 12:34 AM
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Saltwater Mom
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10-02-2007, 02:54 AM
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I've got the REEF rash!
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Sponge? 
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10-02-2007, 06:07 AM
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Oops I fragged it again!
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not a featherduster, i have lots of those.. this is a worm of some sort...i have been looking for it ever since rotties... had the camera right there, but i was too fast when i first saw it...i more actually amazed at it and forgot to grab the camera right away..LOL
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10-02-2007, 07:52 PM
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Oops I fragged it again!
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according to Xtal reef it is a digitate hydroid possibly... not sure...
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10-02-2007, 08:06 PM
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Oops I fragged it again!
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well i think that is what it is... now how to get rid of it?? oh i also discovered i have another form of hydroid which i though was a featherduster, so i guess i need to eliminate it as well... crap, and this is only the early stages of the reef tank! well... gotta go do some research now!
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10-02-2007, 10:02 PM
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Big Fishy
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It is so much fun watching all of the life popping out of your rocks in a new tank.
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10-02-2007, 10:40 PM
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Oops I fragged it again!
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yes it is... then comes the hours of research afterward to find out what exactly all that life is that keep popping out of you rock... round 1 (Fat Tony vs Aptasia...I won with my partner the peppermint shrimp).. round 2
(Fat Tony vs the Hydroids... To be Continued)... well see how this goes...whew!
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10-02-2007, 10:48 PM
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I loves me a water change
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My experience with hydroids is that they usually disappear after a while.
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10-02-2007, 10:50 PM
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Oops I fragged it again!
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thanks Chris...
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10-03-2007, 12:44 AM
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I had a massive colony of them in my nano, hundreds of them. They disappeared on their own in about 2 months.
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