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Old 06-06-2012, 03:20 PM
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I put a rock into my fuge from my display last week and was just checking out the life before the lights came on in a fuge and found this creepy looking thing. It had about 6 long tentacles which looked to be coming out of its head and when I shone the light on it to get a better look they slowly retracted. Does anybody have any idea what this is!ImageUploadedByTapatalk1338996488.711521.jpg
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Old 06-06-2012, 11:26 PM
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Old 06-06-2012, 11:51 PM
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It's kinda hard to make out in the photo. How big is it, what kinda coloring as well? Also does it stay in one spot or move?
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Old 06-07-2012, 04:49 AM
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It's about an inch tall at least that's all I can see of it. I got a better picture of it. It's grayish brown with white spots in itImageUploadedByTapatalk1339045045.873072.jpg
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Old 06-07-2012, 04:50 AM
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It seems to be staying in one spot as well however it clearly is light sensitive and moves when a bright light is shone on it
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Old 06-07-2012, 12:15 PM
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It looks like a kind of sea cucumber to me. I had my suspicions with the first pic but the second clears it up.
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Old 06-07-2012, 02:29 PM
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to me it looks almost like a sea apple-could potentially kill your whole tank
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Can anybody else confirm this? I want to make sure its harmful before I rip my fuge apart to get it.
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Old 06-07-2012, 04:24 PM
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Can anybody else confirm this? I want to make sure its harmful before I rip my fuge apart to get it.
I'm vote for sea cucumber but I will also say that most things that are poisonous are brightly colored. I'd hazard a guess that this is likely harmless.

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Old 06-07-2012, 04:26 PM
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I agree with christy, except for the harmless part, kinda.
the way I see it is if you don't know what it is don't trust it.
lol that applies to reefing by the way nothing else.
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