Please ID

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I found 2 of these in my tank... What the heck is it?





Any ideas?

I have bigger pictures here if needed..
http://www.wilburnfamily.us/album23

Thanks,

Jack

[optical]

hmmm...kinda looks like a baby jelly. touch it and see if it stings.

[Boostable]

touch it.. lol

no way... you touch it...

[Green Marine]

I dont know much but i was thinking jelly fish too. But then again they kinda look like some sort of egg with something inside. I saw giant versions of that stuff with shark eggs...didnt look like that of course, but you could see inside of it. Wait those look like tenticals in the second picture.

By the way, that is some nice looking rock you got goin on there. I wish mine looked like that. Your green is like that happy go lucky lepricon green. My green is like poop green

[greenbean36191]

It appears to be a tunicate. They are harmless filter feeders.

[Boostable]

It does look like there is something growing inside of it... its really wierd..

Everyone once in awhile it pulses, kinda like sucking water in and then blowing it out.

I looked online for pictures of tunicates, but have not found anything that resembles it yet.. lol

will keep looking..

Thanks,

JW

[ksrinlv]

Second the motion for tunicate - enjoy it!

[BubbaWPB]

It looks like a rock to me!

[greenbean36191]

The stuff inside it is its internal organs. Your search for a picture that matches it is pretty much futile. Unless you know what species this is you probably won't be able to find a picture of it since it certainly isn't one of the most photogenic species. Since tunicates are extremely diverse it's unlikely you will find one that's even a close match.

[Boostable]

Sounds good... I will leave it alone and let it ride.

Thanks for the feedback.

Jack

[jasutton]

I second the tunicate...i had a bunch of them before on my previous reef tanks. Totally harmless

[charlesr1958]

I was going to suggest a type of sponge possibly, but when I read that it pulses, thats a sure bet it is a sea squirt.

Chuck