Stumped. Not a Hydroid ... but.

[Sandee]

My eel had been moving sand around and uncovered these guys. They're not Hydroids, I know what they are / look like. I don't think it's a sponge. Note the ridges and what looks like a worm inside. I lost my special cerianthid, could these be babies? < sorry if that's a totally stupid thought >

Ideas? I have some tiny feather dusters, but they certainly don't look like this ...

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[onefish2fish]

maybe thats what a feather duster looks like while their tube is forming?

 

[dnov99]

They look like clove polyps that are not fully developed. Have you ever had some type of clove polyp in you tank??

 

[Sandee]

No, no Clove Polyp. But aren't they tiny sort of ... ?


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[Hawkeye]

look like a peanut worm - but not since they are sticking up like that.

 

[shipwrecked]

Sandee,I will follow this post too,cause I have a few in my refugium and wondered what they were.Good luck in yr search

 

[MadReefer]

maybe thats what a feather duster looks like while their tube is forming?[/QUOTE

I was thinking the same thing. Tube seems calcerous and that is what I have in my overflow which are tiny feather dusters.

 

[howze01]

If they were under the sand is it possible they're some kind of zoa? Could have been buried and stretched out to get to the light. That's what it looks like to me.

 

[Sandee]

Cool, re: zoa. I buried the 3 little guys again ... like I said the Eel duggem' up ... tmx!

 

[TanksNStuff]

Looks like a vermitid snail to me.

http://www.xtalworld.com/Aquarium/hitchfaq.htm

 

[BigRed]

I have some brown button polyps that looked like that when I found them (they were also buried under the sand). I'll try to remember to snap a picture of what they look like now.