What Is This

[jeffery]

i had to take these pics fast because it seems to retract when the lights are turned on . it also seems to be getting food out of the water as it is out and retracts when it caches something

 

[jeffery]

anyone?

 

[sianeds]

http/www.fishforums.net/index.php?showtopic=178479 Looks like these I have them in my leather coral too

 

[Navarre]

It looks like a leather coral thats shedding its skin to me. They do this quite regualr. If it is this then dont worry as its totally natural.

 

[Mr Miagi]

It looks like a leather coral thats shedding its skin to me. They do this quite regualr. If it is this then dont worry as its totally natural.

Exactly what I thought first up, but the third image looks like the things retracted. If it is a slime coat, it will be in-frequent, and it will dissipate overnight, but is it re-occurring? If it is a worm, maybe reading WetWebMedia could shed some light for you.

 

[jeffery]

grate ID sianeds .
i found a pic of one free floating . they seem to attach to the corals and live there dose not seem to harm anything but we will see in time. if it dose i will remove it

 

[sianeds]

Like I said I have them on my sarcophyton. They don't do any harm and from what I've read they are filter feeders and will catch any little bits floating around in your water. I haven't seen mine take any large food particles so I assume they're living on the phytoplankton I drop in for the corals

You can easily tell the difference from mucous though as they have long feathery type tentacles like in that pic and generally come from underneath the leather.