What in the world is this?

[Awibrandy]

I saw this thing in my reef last night, and for the life of me I cannot figure out what it is. It went back inside the rock.
I am hoping that one of you may be able to tell me what it is.

I went back, and checked to make sure it wasn't a "Fuzzy Chiton", or a "Limpet" since I purchased those, and forgot what they looked like. But nope it isn't that.
Pix taken with my Iphone,

 

[AbsoluteFaye]

Looks like a stomatella snail. I have a bunch in my tanks. Good part of your CUC.

 

[fishman1069]

+1 on the stometella snail

 

[trinimaddness]

i could be wrong but it looks like a pokemon

 

[xxxAngeloxxx]

i could be wrong but it looks like a pokemon

Pokemon? Gotta catch em all? Ctfu lol

 

[Awibrandy]

Thank you folks!! Glad I didn't take it out then.

I thought stomatella snails are brown to green. The one in my tank is grey.

 

[AbsoluteFaye]

Mine are all boring grey.

 

[Awibrandy]

Mine are all boring grey.

I see. Guess the description of brown to green is a misrepresentation.:scratch:

That is one strange looking snail.lol

 

[fishman1069]

Awi, did you look up Abolone snail? The are pretty much the same thing as a stometella but get bigger

 

[Awibrandy]

Awi, did you look up Abolone snail? The are pretty much the same thing as a stometella but get bigger

All abolones I ever had in my tanks never looked like the one pictured in the above pix.
BTW, that thing did not just go into the rock works. It literally went into a hole in the very rock you see it on.

How about this one? Around the edges of echinata I saw those tentacle looking things. Any idea what those are?

 

[Aquatic Life Direct]

Hey awilda!!! How are you and your family? The pics are probably mini brittle stars

Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I317 using Reefs

 

[fishman1069]

+1 on the mini brittle stars

 

[rookie07]

As stated above, stomatella(sp) and mini brittle star, all good.

 

[Awibrandy]

Hi Alex, long time my friend! Family is good, tank is doing really good although fishless.

Thank you all for your responses! Guess I am just looking for the next bad thing.lol

That mini brittle sea star is not so mini.

 

[tomtoothdoc]

tank is doing really good although fishless.

fishless?!?!?! what happened to the fishies you got fairly recently?

if you have abundance of the mini brittle stars, i would love some......you can usually find them hanging out in the chaeto. i use to have a boat load of them but after the nuke, they are all gone.

 

[KathyC]

There is likely number of mini-brittle starts together in that spot. They rarely get larger then about the size of a quarter.

 

[Awibrandy]

Hi Tom, the fish are in the 20. The 155 is running fishless until May 30.

Yes Kat, I'm sure there were more than one. Still they appear not to be so tiny as the ones I've seen in the past as those tentacles have to be more than a 1/4" in length.

 

[tomtoothdoc]

they are mini as in up to a half dollar tip to tip but much smaller than the 10"+ varieties.

 

[rookie07]

There is likely number of mini-brittle starts together in that spot. They rarely get larger then about the size of a quarter.

Kathy,
I have many (have had then for years), and the biggest one I've found is approx 3" from end to end (i suppose it could be a normal brittle star that was a baby).