2 Questions

[Demm]

ok i know that a marine tank is really 2 tanks...a day and a night tank...i turned on my ceiling light tonight and i just happened to look in and see 2 strange worms, but they both retracted quickly...after about 2 hours of playing hide and go seek with them i finally god a picture. theres a white worm on the left, and a thicker shorter black worm on the right, they are both circled. any know what they are?

also i am happy (i think) to say that one of my xenia split. now i dont know if this is a good or bad thing, i'm hoping its good. this happened about 2 days ago and the new xenia still hasnt really opened up. so i'm wondering if it's dead? should i remove it, or should i leave it alone?
xenia in question is on the left

thanks!
-Demm

 

[chrissaysyes]

I'm going to guess hydroid worms? Wait for someone else to give a more positive ID before you draw your guns but googling them might be a good idea.

 

[Adrinal]

peanut worm?

 

[Demm]

i also found a pretty neat yellow and black snail, anyone know what kinda by chance?:

 

[SkiFletch]

Dunno about the worms, but if the Xenia did split, that's a good thing

 

[chrissaysyes]

Dunno about the worms, but if the Xenia did split, that's a good thing

Isnt it kind of strange that it would split but not be opening?

 

[bitfishy]

I'd say he's just picked a bad spot to split to (upside down, perhaps a bit shady or maybe 'coz he's touching the rock below). There's a way of taking them off the rock and moving them, but I've never done it. However IME they move to suit themselves and he'll probably find a more suitable position in time. They're pretty hardy things, I wouldn't worry too much.

 

[Lynden]

The worms are probably peanut worms. Harmless scavengers. Similarly, the snail is a bumblebee snail, which is a type of scavenging whelk like the Nassarius.