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jpenwell
04/15/2007, 07:41 AM
this.....stuff is in my buddies tank. anybody wanna take a shot on what this is?
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jpenwell
04/15/2007, 07:42 AM
all these white things are spiralled up and all over the tank.
jpenwell
04/16/2007, 06:31 PM
nobody knows what these are?
jeffb3t
04/17/2007, 02:34 AM
They are a type of tube worm. I have loads on the pumps and they can be a pain to clean off
jpenwell
04/17/2007, 04:13 AM
are they "bad" for the tank besides they look like crap on the glass. if so what is the best way to get rid of them.
jeffb3t
04/18/2007, 02:29 AM
No they aren't bad. they are filter feeders and about the only way to get rid of them is to scrape them off. Is the tank acrylic or glass?
hot4teacher
04/18/2007, 05:47 AM
I have them all over my tank. Especially the back glass (which I never clean) and the standpipes. They are on the snails, in the rock...all over.

I use a credit card when they are on the glass. Not much I can do if they are on the rock.

Dana
jpenwell
04/18/2007, 09:10 AM
the tank is a 10gal glass tank. so i should tell him to just srape them off and keep going on with his tank?
jeffb3t
04/19/2007, 02:31 AM
Yeah, since they are harmless, tell him to scrape away since starting over isn't going to fix anything.