Tube Worm Of Some Sort?

[Nick James]

Over the past week or so I have noticed this skinny white tube "grow" out of the sand. Initially thought it was a dead peice of cheato that got loose into the display. Then a cup formed and a little fuzzy fan of some sort was observed sticking out of the cup. Now the fuzz is gone and there is another cup. Can't find any like it in my google searches.

 

[nathan]

Over the past week or so I have noticed this skinny white tube "grow" out of the sand. Initially thought it was a dead peice of cheato that got loose into the display. Then a cup formed and a little fuzzy fan of some sort was observed sticking out of the cup. Now the fuzz is gone and there is another cup. Can't find any like it in my google searches.

Not sure what it is but it looks cool. Does it move around like it's looking for food or anything.

 

[Nick James]

Nope, just sits their like a fan worm. Minus the fan...

 

[nathan]

Interesting! !

 

[Kman]

Is the fan retractable?

 

[Nick James]

Is the fan retractable?

I haven't seen a fan since the second cup formed. It looked more like a translucent fuzz. My fan worms all have the typical fan you see when you google fan worms, this one never has.

 

[Kman]

what color is it? Is it greenish? I have seen calcareous algae look something like this. I will look it up in my ID book when I get home to see if i can find it.

 

[Nick James]

what color is it? Is it greenish? I have seen calcareous algae look something like this. I will look it up in my ID book when I get home to see if i can find it.

It is white but the cup does look like it could have a faint green hue. There is no colour to the "fuzz" cloud that I observed before. It Definately has a hole in the center.

 

[Nick James]

Now the creature is growing a third plate/layer. The clear fuzz has been out all week and today I noticed the third layer starting to form. Really cool little tube worm (I'm assuming)