ID Please - What's Brown and White and...

[bluespotjawfish]

I've seen this thing in my 50 gallon tank about 3 times now. It lives in the rock, extends at night, retracts quickly. The two other times I saw it, it was reaching into the sand and then retracted into the rock when I bothered it. This time it is in the middle of the rock. I have yet to see both ends, but it appears to be mobile.

As for size, you can see about a 1" length of him in the photo.

 

[ReefGuy69]

Cant really tell from te pic. almost looks like an arm of a serpent star.

 

[Surfnut]

Peanut Worm

 

[ReefGuy69]

Yup.. thats a good call. But can peanut worms be mobile?

 

[bluespotjawfish]

Good or bad?

 

[ReefGuy69]

they are fine. they basically just come out out night and eat whatever they can around them. They wont hurt anything. Its a good sign your reef is doing well.

 

[Frankie]

Its a squid arm!
jk peanuts are great to have.

 

[bluespotjawfish]

:meeting: :coffee:

 

[Dentoid]

I won't venture a guess, but it's cool looking, what ever it is!

 

[tbittner]

Octopus!!! :bugout:


(jk )

 

[Royalscott]

Looks like a peanut worm to me. We have one living in some LR and see him every once in a while.

 

[Witfull]

i dont think its a peanut worm. they are thick in body. first thought is..do you have goniopora? there is a worm that is specific to them, but may travel to other LPS. lemme look around. i had a critter similar. it defied description as well.

 

[michael_cb_125]

I have several of those in my tank. They only come out at night, and retract when Light touches them.

 

[BarbMazz]

Personally, I think it looks like a part of the main character in the movie "Cloverfield" that JFK Jr posted about!

Now we know how it got here!! From Lorraine's TANK!!! RUN, Lorraine, RUN!!!!

 

[bluespotjawfish]

Scott - Spotty is cool looking...this is just strange!

wit - no goniopora

michael - I thought that this would disappear with the first flash from the camera, but it didn't even flinch.

Barb - You are way over my head!

T - Right!

Royal - This thing has a pretty firm outer covering. Do peanut worms?

All I know is that my head hurts when I find new things in my tank!

 

[dragonladylea]

I would have to go with the Peanut worm ID as well, mine had the same coloration. If you can get a pic of its head it would help to positively Id it.

 

[bluespotjawfish]

It never shows me its head.

 

[Boomer]

It is this Peant Worm

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