The Puffer Forum

I've recently started my first FOWLR tank with 8.5lbs LR. I'm just identifying LR hitchhikers... at least one tiny tunicate, a reddish bristleworm, some green-branchy macroalgae. What I'm worried about looks like a hydroid... it's on a stalk and has arms radiating out like spokes of a wheel. I can't take a picture of mine; it's small enough that I see it only with a light and a magnifying glass. There actually looks like three right next to each other.

Has anyone had problems with their puffers eating or being stung by hydroids in their reef or FOWLR tanks?

Aptasia?

It's possible that it's Aiptasia, though this creature's stem looks thinner than the trunk of the Aiptasia that I've seen online. And my creature's arms look more hair-like than tentacle-like.

could it be some type of small tube/ feather duster worm?

melbell86 wrote:could it be some type of small tube/ feather duster worm?

Possibly, though it doesn't look "feathery" like the ones I've seen online and while diving....