What are these? (1 Viewer)

[Rio1969]

I found these on the sand next to the rock, there was a third one but it got blown away before I could snag it. They are about an inch long but they contract and stretch out.
The first photo is with an orange filter, the second is without the filter under Radion G4.

 

[ITreefer]

They look like anemone tentacles. If not that, I have no clue.

 

[Rio1969]

They look like anemone tentacles. If not that, I have no clue.

That was my first thought but neither of my two anemones have those colors. Over a year ago I had a tiny anemone with similar colors but it disappeared shortly after I put in the tank never to be seen again.

 

[PicassoClown]

Hmmmmm could still be alive somewhere then?

 

[Rio1969]

Hmmmmm could still be alive somewhere then?

They are definitely still alive.

 

[PicassoClown]

They are definitely still alive.

I was thinking maybe the nem is alive somewhere. If you never found it’s corpse and never saw the effects of that toxin nems release when they die, then could it still be alive? Cause these don’t look like any worm I’ve ever seen

 

[sneezebeetle]

Looks like something did a polyp bailout? It is luminescent, so its still alive. Don't believe it to be a nem. Color isn't necessarily relevant to where it came from at this point, for some corals the color will develop to mimic the mother colony as it grows. Good luck trying to figure out your little polyp mystery and keep us posted [emoji846]

Edit - So I took a closer look and they do look like nem tentacles. They may not look like the nems you currently have, but that doesn't mean it isn't feasible to think they came from those nems. I had a rainbow nem burn off half his body, during the regrowth process all its tentacles were straight green for the first 6 months before they started to change. So my nem was half green and half rainbow.

If these are nem tentacles I wouldn't suspect them to survive. There is no mouth and no foot, a nem needs both.

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[decimal]

Probably a never before seen anemone spawning. Once these 2 grow out, they will be worth a fortune.

 

[Rio1969]

I was thinking maybe the nem is alive somewhere. If you never found it’s corpse and never saw the effects of that toxin nems release when they die, then could it still be alive? Cause these don’t look like any worm I’ve ever seen

The nem was pretty small, about one inch and the tank is big, 265g.

 

[Rio1969]

They didn't make. It appears that they just melted away overnight, I guess they didn't like being moved to the frag tank. On the otherhand the one that disappeared in the main tank has reappeared, I will just leave it be and see what happens.

 

[Rio1969]

A fourth one has just appeared in the tank, this one is longer than the others.

 

[decimal]

never heard of a nem "shedding" its tentacles. but you said you found it again so at least you can try to observe it a little more closely now.

 

[frankc]

I've seen my clowns bite off tentacles. I have no idea why, but clowns are generally crazy.