somthing is bothering my new zoa

[johnburdell]

First of all, hello to you all- I'm new both to the salty tanks (been in freshwater for years though) and to the forums.

I've had a small nano-reef going for about 2 months now and after running stable with my pair of false clowns and some hermits I decided to drop in a few corals. Now I've got decent sized colonies of ricordia mushrooms and a zoanthid, both seem to be doing just fine in their new home.

Earlier today I was messing around with my other obsession, macro photography and discovered some interesting little thing bothering the zoanthids.

Seeing as I'm new to all this, I'm not quite sure what it is nor if its a bad thing or normal.. so I decided to post here. Lastly, words a start to a description, pictures are better- but I figured video would be a bit of fun too now that I've got my DSLR hacked into shooting video for me

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_ckCoX1BrRg

I would appreciate any comments/suggestions in this matter

 

[deadmeat]

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[deadmeat]

John,
What you are videoing appears to be the infamously misnamed "hair worm". To often we call it the "spaghetti worm" in the reefing hobby. If you do a Google search for either you will find loads of info. One interesting thread I found is listed below.
http://www.thereeftank.com/forums/f184/spaghetti-worms-bad-for-zoo-polyps-90795.html

Tom

 

[johnburdell]

Ah, thanks much- also helpful to have a name when starting to research the things. I first wanted to eradicate the little bugger.. but after a bit of google-fu, turns out the consensus is that they are more good than harm, so I guess they will stay. Don't seem to be harming the corals much and its kind of interesting to watch.