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    Default Can you identifiy this??

    Can you identify the animal in the attached photo? Was told it is an "invertabrate", but can't seem to get any further info.

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    Xenia elongata in someone's reef tank.
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    nah, its not xenia. its a sea pen. genus Cavernularia. since this thread is a few months old I'd bet the animal is dead by now, unfortunetly they are tough to keep.

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    Fishome, I think you are right....I should have looked closer and seen the body off to the right and that it was laying flat threw me off as i don't think that is standard behavior for sea pens.

    Cavernularia obesa

    I agree, filter feeders do not seem to do well in reef tanks.
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    yea i'm sure its lieing flat for 2 reasons. 1 its not happy and 2 it should have a very deep sand bed.

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