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So I've had a lot of those small little feather duster worms in the past but i've never seen small green ones. Just a different type I assume?

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So I've had a lot of those small little feather duster worms in the past but i've never seen small green ones. Just a different type I assume?

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I'm pretty sure those are colonial hydroids, not feather dusters. They don't seem to be bothering those zoanthids much, but they have been known to spread quickly. Some similar ones:
 
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I'm pretty sure those are colonial hydroids, not feather dusters. They don't seem to be bothering those zoanthids much, but they have been known to spread quickly. Some similar ones:
And that would be them! Interesting. I had figured because they had a tube it wasnt hydroids. They also retract back into the tubes when disturbed.
 
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