Ugh guys??? Please help

[vetteguy53081]

Looks like a leg of a brittle starfish but im not sold on that guess.
Possibility is, like a lizards' tail, octopus leg severed can survive and a predator of small octopuses are fireworms. Is it possible. . . . . ??

 

[JGT]

But if it came from your frozen food, how the hell would you not see that when you were feeding the fish?

 

[StatelineReefer]

Oh it's definitely food, but technically, everything can be food if you're brave enough.

 

[jabberwock]

Yeah, I am gonna follow this one...

 

[Slocke]

Octopus can self amputate to distract a predator. You may still have a live one.

 

[rennjidk]

2 tablespoons kosher salt
1 tablespoon black peppercorns
2 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil
½ medium lemon
½ tablespoon minced fresh parsley
salt and freshly ground black pepper to taste
1 wine cork

Fill a large pot 1/2 full with water. Add 2 tablespoons kosher salt, peppercorns, and the wine cork; bring to a boil over high heat. Dip tentacles into the boiling water 3 times, holding them in the boiling water 2 to 3 seconds each time, until the tentacles curl up. Bring water back to a boil, reduce heat to low, cover, and simmer until fork-tender, 45 to 60 minutes. Remove from heat and cool for 30 minutes.
Preheat an outdoor grill for medium-high heat and lightly oil the grate.
Grill octopus until charred on all sides, 3 to 4 minutes per side.
Remove from heat, slice into pieces, and place on a serving platter. Drizzle with extra virgin olive oil and squeeze lemon over the top. Sprinkle with parsley and season with salt and pepper. Serve immediately.

 

[vetteguy53081]

Octopus can self amputate to distract a predator. You may still have a live one.

Thats my thought

 

[twelvefive]

 

[twentyleagues]

Thats my thought

Looks like a leg of a brittle starfish but im not sold on that guess.
Possibility is, like a lizards' tail, octopus leg severed can survive and a predator of small octopuses are fireworms. Is it possible. . . . . ??

Octopus can self amputate to distract a predator. You may still have a live one.

But how did it get there? Dry rock and sand.
I have heard Cthulhu has replaced Santa Claus this year and for the foreseeable future. Unfortunately his outlook is a little different.

 

[jmoneyyy703]

How big is the tank? You should be able to see something like that moving around…

 

[Slocke]

But how did it get there? Dry rock and sand.
I have heard Cthulhu has replaced Santa Claus this year and for the foreseeable future. Unfortunately his outlook is a little different.

On a coral? Octopus fry are tiny but then it would have had to find enough food to survive and grow...

 

[vetteguy53081]

But how did it get there? Dry rock and sand.
I have heard Cthulhu has replaced Santa Claus this year and for the foreseeable future. Unfortunately his outlook is a little different.

Started small and can come in with chaeto, bag water from LFS or any given coral but still unconfirmed

 

[JGT]

Any of your neighbors have tanks? Maybe they didn’t like their accommodations and decided to move into your tank in the middle of the night. They can climb in and out of tanks easily.

 

[Pridedcloth3]

Following

 

[DMG Reef]

Since the OP mentioned that she feeds Rod’s Food for carnivores, that’s where the tentacles came from. Rod’s lists ingredients as whole octopus as well as squid. They also note that the food is not blended so not for corals. So big chunks.

 

[littlefoxx]

But if it came from your frozen food, how the hell would you not see that when you were feeding the fish?

Yeah that’s my point! I watched it very close as I pored their food in and didn’t see anything resembling a tentacle. I keep staring at the tank and can’t see anything! I only have one trigger that could do that due to my clown trigger being slightly bigger than a quarter at the moment. Im as such a loss!!! If it’s an octopus I want to find it before my Niger trigger gets it!

 

[littlefoxx]

Since the OP mentioned that she feeds Rod’s Food for carnivores, that’s where the tentacles came from. Rod’s lists ingredients as whole octopus as well as squid. They also note that the food is not blended so not for corals. So big chunks.

Ohh really? BRS gave me 3 packs and the ingredients were un readable on the packages so I was looking at the block! I fed it just now but saw no tentacles. If that is what it is makes me feel a lot better!!

 

[littlefoxx]

How big is the tank? You should be able to see something like that moving around…

125 six foot

 

[littlefoxx]

Also with the rods food I just break a small part off and tong feed my trigger, would have seen a tentacle in that for sure

 

[DMG Reef]

Ohh really? BRS gave me 3 packs and the ingredients were un readable on the packages so I was looking at the block! I fed it just now but saw no tentacles. If that is what it is makes me feel a lot better!!

Yeah, Rod’s Herbivore Blend annoys me because whole shrimp chunks are in it and none of my fish can eat them except my 8” damsel. They definitely have bits and pieces of lots of stuff.