Pix & ID: Critters that come in your rocks: the good and the bad.

[Dctrojan]

Any idea what these small things are that are growing on sone of my coral? Its small dark and tubular. Take a look at the base of the frag.

 

[TankCla]

Spaghetti worm. Harmless.

 

[Dctrojan]

Spaghetti worm. Harmless.

I thought the sphagetti worms were white ? These seem to never come out of the hard cylinder structure and they grow directly on the coral. Im wondering if they affect the coral because the sps which have them on them seem to not be growing anymore and looking pale.

 

[TankCla]

I have the same thing growing in my tank and they go out when I feed the fish. My Mandarin is keeping them under control.

 

[ReeferKimberly]

I thought the sphagetti worms were white ? These seem to never come out of the hard cylinder structure and they grow directly on the coral. Im wondering if they affect the coral because the sps which have them on them seem to not be growing anymore and looking pale.

Your pic is blurry but look up vermatid snails. They live in hard tubes. You will recognize them by the strings of mucous they produce to capture food. That mucous can bother coral.

 

[Dctrojan]

So how do I get rid of them ?

 

[Stacyy]

ID help please

ID help please

Hi, I am very new, and am hopeful that someone will help ID these guys for me. Not the best for picture quality, but the best I could get.

Is this an Aiptasia?

Possibly a Kenya Tree Coral?

What I believe to be a feather duster?

Any help is much appreciated

 

[Rob in Puyallup]

Found two things swimming after lights up tonight. They appear to be worms of some sort, about a half inch long, swimming upwards in a tight corkscrew fashion. Any ideas what they might be? My Clown tried to eat one but spit it out twice, after which the worm swam away...

 

[Sugar Magnolia]

im new what i was told that it is a true, and also my set up enjoy i would like tips too pm pls

Looks like a true perc.

Found two things swimming after lights up tonight. They appear to be worms of some sort, about a half inch long, swimming upwards in a tight corkscrew fashion. Any ideas what they might be? My Clown tried to eat one but spit it out twice, after which the worm swam away...

Could be epitokes, part of the reproductive cycle of polychaete worms.

 

[Rob in Puyallup]

Thanks, Sugar. Perhaps that explains the weird firm jelly globs near the water's surface in my tank. Was thinking they were snail eggs.

 

[Panta rhei]

Your pic is blurry but look up vermatid snails. They live in hard tubes. You will recognize them by the strings of mucous they produce to capture food. That mucous can bother coral.

I'm too interested in getting them under control, they bother not only sps but also lps, preventing corals from opening

 

[Rob in Puyallup]

Managed to take a picture of one of the "firm jelly globs" I wrote about in my last post here. It's an egg case of some sort and it looks like one of the eggs hatched. The critter still inside the glob.

 

[Rob in Puyallup]

The "glob" measures less than an 1/8 of an inch across.

 

[Sugar Magnolia]

Managed to take a picture of one of the "firm jelly globs" I wrote about in my last post here. It's an egg case of some sort and it looks like one of the eggs hatched. The critter still inside the glob.

Snail eggs would be my guess. What kinds of snails do you have?

 

[Rob in Puyallup]

Astraea... Stomatella... And some very small striped ones that make me think of conchs.

 

[Rob in Puyallup]

As I wrote last night there are some other odd things swimming around like corkscrews. My royal gramma caught and ate one this morning.

 

[Sugar Magnolia]

As I wrote last night there are some other odd things swimming around like corkscrews. My royal gramma caught and ate one this morning.

Could be epitokes.

 

[ReeferKimberly]

Those are strombus snail eggs (the little striped conch looking ones you mentioned)

On vermetids I have heard of people just super gluing them at the tip or breaking off the tubes. Mine have never gotten out of hand so that is just second-hand tips.

 

[Rob in Puyallup]

Thanks again, Sugar and Kimberly.

 

[Stacyy]

reposting in hopes of a response

reposting in hopes of a response

Hi, I am very new, and am hopeful that someone will help ID these guys for me. Not the best for picture quality, but the best I could get.

Is this an Aiptasia?

Possibly a Kenya Tree Coral?

What I believe to be a feather duster?

Any help is much appreciated