Some weird tentacle things coming out of rock

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    Treezer8

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    Here's the picture.
    Basically looks like a bunch of little arms.
    ONLY comes out at night, and whenever any light is on it, it retreats into the rock
    It's usually bigger than that, almost twice the size. Not anything like a brittle star

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    It looks like a spaghetti worm.
    It is a detritus cleaner so it would be a good addition to your tank.
     
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    I agree, spaghetti worm. :)
     
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    I'm thinking more along the lines of a micro-brittle star.
    The tentacles look to thick to be a spaghetti worm to me.
     
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    It's hard to tell.
    I looked at it again later on, and I could actually see small little black specks on the tentacles, like a brittle star might have.

    However, I don't think its a spaghetti worm after looking at pictures.
    These tentacles are a bit bigger
     
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    Then it sounds like a mini brittle star. Which is a good hitch hiker. :)
     
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