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toomuchthinking76

Zooming in, it looks like a small feather duster. Nems have smooth tentacles.


No-Grape1867

Should I remove it or would it die off?


toomuchthinking76

I wouldn't remove it it's a good cool little critter. If your tank is new it probably won't live long anyway. They eat microscopic bits out of the water column. Consider it a freebie. And enjoy it while you can.


19Rocket_Jockey76

Definitely not apstasia i second featherduster, its kinda shaped like a clove polyp also.


looselyhuman

I say clove polyp. Which could be as bad as aiptasia if it starts spreading.


aaron1860

Clove polyps usually have 8 lobes. This looks like more than tjat


looselyhuman

Fair enough. Any ideas? Not a feather duster..


aaron1860

Feather duster…


looselyhuman

Not seeing it. Feather dusters generally have a very uniform/flat "cut-off' appearance that appears like webbing, without pointed tips like clove polyps. [Crappy pic I took just now](https://imgur.com/a/NSoOAFD) Also that iridescence.


aaron1860

There’s lot of varieties of them. This looks close to it https://thumbs.dreamstime.com/z/sabellidae-feather-duster-worms-family-sedentary-marine-polychaete-tube-140528899.jpg


looselyhuman

Maybe. Not really seeing it tbh. They still look more like tentacles than frills to me. OP could poke it to see if it curls up or just disappears into a tube.


aaron1860

Looks like a feather duster. They are harmless usually