[C&D_J]

OK was staring at my tank last night as usual. I finally yanked most of my frags out of the display tank and transported them to the new frag tank.
Was checking things oout in the display tank, I noticed a pair of yellow-orange arms coming from under one of my leather frags. Grabbed it and stuck it in the 10g frag tank so as not to loose track of it.
Will try to see if it is therre tonight and snap some pix. Could this be some rare yellow/orange serpent? Did a bunch of searching on the net today and don't see anything remotely close to the color/shape.
Legs don't look like a linka or brittle....Help?

 

[tangmang23]

could it just have been a bristtle worm?

 

[C&D_J]

Gonna take a good hard look at it either way tonight. But from what I saw of the legs they were long (3/8") like hair thickness at the tip and about double that where it went under the coral frag.
Will see if I can get a super macro pic tonight of it. Hopefully it's still there...lol
I know my display tank has LOTS of serpents, mostly white with black rings....just never seen or hear of one this coloration.

 

[C&D_J]

UPDATE
Just got an email from the wife and she says it is still on the frag. Picked up a magnifying glass so as to get a better look see. Will try to take a pic of it whe I get home in about an hour or so.

 

[carym]

Spaghetti worm?

 

[C&D_J]

OK, if someone knows how to post a pic as it won't let me. The pix are in my album "new" as serpent 1 & 2, not 2 specimens but 2 pix...lol
Looks like a brittle star under super macro

 

[ZMattie]

looks like a brittle star to me...

 

[Jnicho]

With that many "arms" it looks like a miniature sun star...except they are "smooth"...this appears to have "bristles".

 

[C&D_J]

That picture is misleading, I have counted the arms in numerous pix and there are only 5

 

[ZMattie]

wow, very misleading.... I count 7 arms in that pic!

 

[C&D_J]

Just re-read my last statement, wrong, actually 6 total.
Kept counting them as I wondered if it was a sea spider

 

[fishfarmer]

wow, very misleading.... I count 7 arms in that pic!

+1

 

[ZMattie]

Just re-read my last statement, wrong, actually 6 total.
Kept counting them as I wondered if it was a sea spider

I am confused lol, am I supposed to re-read your last statment? (not trying to be rude or nething)...

 

[C&D_J]

Just trying to see if anyone really knows what this is, that's all

 

[Afish4u]

Just re-read my last statement, wrong, actually 6 total.
Kept counting them as I wondered if it was a sea spider

Not a sea spider. they look basically like the jumping spiders you see on walls. Alot of the time you will find them in with zoo's and they basically blend in with them..... and there is always more then one.

 

[firsthesitation]

I always go by the philosophy if you don't know what it is and you didn't put it in there then it needs to be removed.

 

[C&D_J]

Well and see that is one of my favorite parts of a reef tank is looking in there today and see what is new. Hence the term "ever changing reef" I love finding new stuff in the tank, just make sure it is a good change...lol

 

[tangmang23]

looks like a serpent to me as well, but i did some searching as well and found nothing that looks close to that.

 

[ReefLuvR]

I am confused lol, am I supposed to re-read your last statment? (not trying to be rude or nething)...

Zach - I think he was saying that he re-read (re-red) his post, not for you to re-read (re-reed) it.

Did that make sense??!!! :lol:

 

[ZMattie]

Kinda? lol