new creature

[shon.preston]

so i've been curing this piece of dead coral i got from Texas Tropical & Marine in a separate tub beside my tank, and today I noticed a new creature coming off of it! it has eight legs (or tentacles maybe?) and has a little tiny ball thing or something on top, no eyes or mouth or anything that i could see, just a ball, it looks exactly like a badminton birdie when swimming to the top and then it just lets itself sink and sits on top of something, it's very small right now, i almost didn't notice it. Does anyone have any idea what this could possibly be?

[caferacermike]

If it is very small it sounds like an aptasia anemone looking for a place to take hold. If it is a little larger I've seen some jelly fish sold that sound like yours. First guess is a small aptasia or "glass" anemone.

[shon.preston]

its very tiny, doesn't look like a glass anemone, when it sits, or rather stands there, it stands on its legs with the ball thing on top. i tried taking several pics but its so tiny that in order to see it i have to zoom in all the way and i don't have a polarizer or anything and it is all blurry and unidentifiable. i may have to wait till it gets bigger to identify it. god its so weird, i wish i could get a decent pic of it.

Oh, also I can't identify the following, but i can tell you that it is somewhat squishy and squirted out a little blood, or something red that looked like blood after i barely nudged it, it also used to have white stuff all over it about a week ago so i'm assuming maybe it was sick and now its getting better? anyway, if anyone can help me identify this one too that'd be great!

[shon.preston]

sorry the pic turned out that big, hehe. um the thing i'm talking about is outlined in black

[shon.preston]

oh man now that i look closer i see many more of those badminton looking things! i am very curious about them and am on a mission to figure out what they are. they do kinda move like jelly fish but i guess maybe they're too small to be able to tell for sure.

[JimD]

Man, That is one HUGE picture! lol, maybe you could use this.... What ya think Eric? lol....

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[Viet-Tin]

Perhaps a Hydroid?