Whose coming to the Sept meeting?
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micynyorkies
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I'll be there! Unless I forget. . .
micynyorkies
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No, but I won't get any sleep and will be a wreck. 
missyshrout
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I am going to be at the Sept meeting and was wondering if maybe Cindy and I could ride together so that we HAVE to make it. I would be happy to drive.
Cindy, just let me know.
Cindy, just let me know.
micynyorkies
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Ha ha! Melissa, sounds like a plan. Two heads are better than one anyway.
missyshrout
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No wait a dendro polyp to just show up would be a GREAT idea. What do you think Cindy?
We deserve it!!!!!!!!!
LOL
We deserve it!!!!!!!!!
LOL
micynyorkies
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For a dendro polyp, I'm there!! As an aside, somewhere it was mentioned that the sand we bring shouldn't have flat brown worms. What about these? They are half black and half red with centipede-like legs. I also have really tiny worms that stick out of the sand at feeding time.
Most likely bristleworms - search that image on google and you should be able to ID them. I can't really tell by the photo quality.
They are fine.
Brown flat worms are about the size of a pencil tip - 1-2mm. You have to know what your looking at or see them in quanities like the 1/4 of sand granuals you have on the surface.
They are fine.
Brown flat worms are about the size of a pencil tip - 1-2mm. You have to know what your looking at or see them in quanities like the 1/4 of sand granuals you have on the surface.
Cindy, those look to be bristleworms. They are not bad as people think, BUT too many of them can look too unsightly, they are pretty ugly.
As for flatworms, here is a pic
You do not want those brown flatworms. They are easy to kill if you spot a few, but if you have too many, when they die, they let out a poison that can wipe out your tank.
Not very many things eat it though mandarin gobies have been known to eat them especially the psychadelic mandarin.
There is a type of nudibranch that eats it but its hard to get. Then there is a chemical called Flatworm Exit that can kill them.
If you have these, don't bring sand or macro algae. Let me know if you have them, I can help you out.
Best way to avoid these things is to look at corals you are buying and if there are the brown flatworms, avoid buying the coral, it will save you a lot of headache!
As for flatworms, here is a pic
You do not want those brown flatworms. They are easy to kill if you spot a few, but if you have too many, when they die, they let out a poison that can wipe out your tank.
Not very many things eat it though mandarin gobies have been known to eat them especially the psychadelic mandarin.
There is a type of nudibranch that eats it but its hard to get. Then there is a chemical called Flatworm Exit that can kill them.
If you have these, don't bring sand or macro algae. Let me know if you have them, I can help you out.
Best way to avoid these things is to look at corals you are buying and if there are the brown flatworms, avoid buying the coral, it will save you a lot of headache!
Yup, easiest way to get them is from introducing some new, non-dipped, not QT item for your tank. If they get bad like that (what I was referring to in my previous post -i.e. in quantities like 1/4 of the sand granduals you have on the surface.) I've heard some people have success continually siponing them out. Thanks for the pic Mike.
micynyorkies
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Yikes! Those are worms? I thought they were some type of algae! Well, I won't be bringing much out of my tank until I get rid of them, then!
missyshrout
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Ok,
I have a question about the sand. Would it be okay to bring some of my sand from my fish only tank. It is live sand. No worms.
I can't bring anyone sand from the 50 because I have the things in my tank that kill clams. Hubby said they are welks or welts or something like that and I don't want to pass those around.
Of course I could grab some sand from his but since we have been passing rocks back and forth for the sea hare to eat all the hair algae he probably has the same things in his tank now.
Does anyone know if you can get rid of them?
I have a question about the sand. Would it be okay to bring some of my sand from my fish only tank. It is live sand. No worms.
I can't bring anyone sand from the 50 because I have the things in my tank that kill clams. Hubby said they are welks or welts or something like that and I don't want to pass those around.
Of course I could grab some sand from his but since we have been passing rocks back and forth for the sea hare to eat all the hair algae he probably has the same things in his tank now.
Does anyone know if you can get rid of them?
For your fish only, do you dose copper? If you dose copper, then no sand because copper is lethal to inverts that many of us have in your reef tanks.
As for whelks, if I recall they are a type of snail? If its a type of snail, pull them off and kill them.
Go to google and type in reefcentral whelk. That will pull up any RC thread or post about whelks. Let us know what you find out.
As for whelks, if I recall they are a type of snail? If its a type of snail, pull them off and kill them.
Go to google and type in reefcentral whelk. That will pull up any RC thread or post about whelks. Let us know what you find out.
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