Wierd worm

[tosiek]

I just started up a nano reef about a month ago, and recently i noticed alot of waste (poopie droppings) around one side of the tank and had no idea where they were coming from. Got myself some button polyps and placed them on that side of the tank and while i was admiring my new purchase i noticed some brown waste pop out of the LR next to the polyps!! I spoke to the LFS i usually go to and they said it sounds like a worm, thought it was coming from the rock my button polyps were on since it came out of a spot where the polyp rock touched the rock next to it. On the button polyp rock there is a soft purple mound with a mouth/tube air hole which i have no idea what it is so thought it was that because that was right where the poopie came out.

Then i seen there were little hairlike strands coming out of the LR next to the polyps, they would come out of a hole about 1-2 inchest and rest spread out on the rocks and rather stuff on the rocks/flowing in the water then after a half min or min come back into the hole with all the stuff stuck on these strands. They didn;t bother the polyps but i had a mushroom next to them that wasn;t too happy, so i dunno if its harmful or harmless. I would leave it since its not doing anything bad but its producing ALOT of waste on the one side of the tank. So i dunno. I would get a pic of it but you owuldn;t see the strands. They are clear and around 3-7 strands at times, look like a spiders web strand.

 

[tosiek]

noone knows?

sorry had to bump before it got too far away

 

[Paintbug]

do they come out of a hole or a tube?

 

[tosiek]

Going to repost this on the worm section. this is a bad place for this. but anyways its in between a few bubbles of coraline growth that was on the LR i have. It has sort of a tube growing on it now but its soft and looks like the mucus from the tentacles and the crap the tentacles bring in.

 

[Johnbob]

How about posting a picture of whatever you are seeing? It would help immensely in identification.

 

[erc111]

sounds like a speghetti worm.
Comes in a lot of live rock.

If so, it is a harmless scavenger and probably benificial.

 

[Ciarán]

ditto, i have loads of them with my zoanthids, seems like they are a harmless and beneficial commensal along with sponges on zoa rocks.

 

[Paintbug]

do they look like these?

these are Vermetid Snails. which act like what you are describing. heres some info on them.
http://www.reefs.org/library/aquarium_net/0897/0897_8.html

 

[tosiek]

vermetids, exactly, without the tube (guess its new and just started to build it) pretty cool snails if u ask me.

anyways a pain in the rear with this mess he is creating. still a little cool animal to have. Gotto get myself a turkey baster to siphon up the mess every once in a while and i should be fine. Thanks for the help!

I owe u guys one!

 

[Sk8r]

tosiek, get yourself some bristleworms and the poo-pile will vanish.

 

[Paintbug]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=8031628#post8031628 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by tosiek
vermetids, exactly, without the tube (guess its new and just started to build it) pretty cool snails if u ask me.

anyways a pain in the rear with this mess he is creating. still a little cool animal to have. Gotto get myself a turkey baster to siphon up the mess every once in a while and i should be fine. Thanks for the help!

I owe u guys one!

these guys are harmless, but they will pop-up everywhere. i try to keep them limited in the front of the tank. they sometimes will bother corals if the web touchs them, or the tube. i definately remove them then.