Can anyone ID these little polyps that have started opening on my live rock?
I have a few all over that have recently started to open.
I have a few all over that have recently started to open.
Live Rock Life ID
- Thread starter Gareth0508
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Look like nice Live rock, where did you get it from?
looks like the normal brown zenia. they spread easily if you put enough flow over them.
I also thought they were xenia, but they close up and open up randomly. Not sure if that normal for xenia?
I got about 40 kg from a mate, plenty life on the rocks, tube worms etc. Lots of Coraline and macro algae.
sounds about right. well they are a nice thing to have in the tank
when I say open and close randomly I don't mean like a pulsating xenia. (never explained that properly) Its almost like a tube worm when in retracts back into its tube and then comes out again
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Tubeworms.
im not wearing my glasses, but even i can see separate polyps coming from each tube on the rocks definitely not tubeworm. pictures are a bit blury. try zooming out just a bit.
Looks like a calcified tube at the base though, and he said they retract into a tube. Corals don't live in tubes.
+1 for more pics.
Ill take more pics tonight, they have opened up quite a bit now and have also started springing up on other rocks. There's also a type of Anenome that I need to identify, and no its not aiptasia or majano. Will try get some pics and post later.
The base isn't calcified, its soft and delicate. Thats why I am leaning toward a tubeworm specie of sorts.
Took some more pics last night, didnt have my Macro lens, so not very sharp!
Another tubeworm specie
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