Update on my tanks w/pix

[Mabu]

It's been over a year and I thought I might post some pictures of the tank and its status. It has been doing quite well I think:

First off, does anyone know what this creature is, with the tentacles coming out of the hole in the rock (right below the red feather duster):

More at:
http://fishworld.com/img/032902/

 

[Anonymous]

Nice pix!

What digicam are you using?

 

[SteveP]

I'm pretty sure those "tentacles" are foraminiferan colonies. Nothing to worry about. Harmless filter feeders.

Steve
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[Anonymous]

Mabu, beautiful!!!

Observe those tentacles closely, do they seem to retract to a central area temporarily, with each one retracting and re-extending systematically?

 

[SPC]

Very nice Mabu!

Steve

 

[Michelle50]

<blockquote><font size="1" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">quote:</font><hr>Originally posted by galleon:
<strong>Mabu, beautiful!!!

Observe those tentacles closely, do they seem to retract to a central area temporarily, with each one retracting and re-extending systematically?</strong><hr></blockquote>

I have one of these guys in my tank that do what you described above. What is it???

Oh by the way, nice pics!

 

[Anonymous]

Its a type of sedentary Holothuridea. Really cool to have, no threat posed.

Chris

 

[freedom75]

Mabu

very nice tank .

John Wray
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[Mabu]

Yes, the tentacles retract individually. It is the coolest thing to watch. They look like branches of a tree, but if something gets near them, they grab it and drag the food into the center hole. I am not worried about it posing a problem in the tank. I'm just fascinated with this creature. I cannot imagine anything more horrifying than a very large version of a creature such as this while I'm scuba diving.. ha ha

The camera used for the pictures was a Nikon Coolpix 990.

Thanks for the kind words!

 

[Michelle50]

Yeah, I have one of these in my tank. I posted a question about it in the hitch hiker forum and noone answered. But, they are pretty cool to watch.

Michelle

 

[Lynn]

Awesome!!Mabu- great looking tank.