Resolved white anemone/feather duster?

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  1. Vehyla

    Vehyla Plankton

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    I inherited my tank a few weeks back. I've been able to ID almost everything in it except this one thing. I thought maybe a small feather duster, but that little cone on the bottom doesn't fit the ID. It gets skidish when a hermit goes near it and sucks up into a tube. Any ideas what it could be? I've already searched through the ID sticky messages and didn't see anything similar.
     

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  2. jlongwell

    jlongwell Spaghetti Worm

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    Definitely a feather duster.
     
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  3. Corailline

    Corailline Super Moderator

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    It is a dry heat, yeah right !
    Yup. Harmless filter feeder.

    Welcome to 3reef.:)
     
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  4. Vehyla

    Vehyla Plankton

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    Thanks!

    However I do have a question, what is that little cone? I can't find any feather dusters on google images with a cone like that. Which is why I wasn't sure it was a FD.
     
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  5. Corailline

    Corailline Super Moderator

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    I believe it's an operculum.

    A type of door so to speak that snails and other gastropods have.

    I could be wrong but that is what I think of when I see it.
     
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  6. Pepperyfox

    Pepperyfox Skunk Shrimp

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    Barnacle maybe?
     
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  7. Mr. Bill

    Mr. Bill Native Floridian

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    That was my first (and only) guess. :)

    FWIW, there are so many different species of featherdusters that we haven't even begun to identify all of them.
     
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  8. mdbannister

    mdbannister Flamingo Tongue

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    Definitely a feather duster. I've got a few of them. They're cool.
     
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