barnacles!!

blakeoe · #1 12/08/2006, 12:29 PM

i have barnacles all over my back glass and rocks. I was told these are not harmful. Is this true? Is there a way to get rid of them? Not only do i not like the way they look, but when i use my mag cleaner they get stuck in between it and the glass and im afraid they will scratch it.

drummereef · #2 12/08/2006, 12:31 PM

Barnacles? I don't think this is what you have. Can you get a pic?

SDguy · #3 12/08/2006, 01:20 PM

Yeah, I've never seen barnacles reproduce in a tank. Maybe small tubeworms?

delsol650 · #4 12/08/2006, 01:29 PM

I have tons of barnacles but they came with my TBS rock shipment, you probly do have tubeworms... white to peachy in color.. with tiny feathery apparatuses????

blakeoe · #5 12/08/2006, 01:55 PM

can't get a pic right now. I only call them barnicles b/c the guy a a lfs has the same thing and thats what he called them. (very possible he doesn't know what he is talking about) They range in size from like a grain of salt to the size of the tip of a ball point ink pen. They almost look like they curve around like a snail shell and they have something coming out of them almost like a feather duster.

HBtank · #6 12/08/2006, 01:58 PM

Those are spirorbid feather dusters

trippyl · #7 12/08/2006, 02:00 PM

Everyone has them, they are good for the tank but you can scrape em off if you wish.

blakeoe · #8 12/08/2006, 02:09 PM

does anything eat them? They are really becoming a pest. they make it very hard to clean my glass with my magnet cleaner.

dippin61 · #9 12/08/2006, 06:40 PM

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Originally posted by blakeoe
does anything eat them? They are really becoming a pest. they make it very hard to clean my glass with my magnet cleaner.

use a razor blade