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03/10/2004, 08:07 PM
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filament on live rock
Hello Tennessee Reefers. I am pretty new to saltwater and I need a bit of advice. The live rock in my aquarium has started to releive itself all over my tank. All around my rocks there are long, round, gray tubes that seem to be coming out of the rock. I assume this is some sort of worm or other creature that is boring into the rock and pushing this stuff out, and I am wondering if I should be concerned. I have also noticed that long strands of what looks like spider web are soming out of the rock. Any ideas as to what this is? Thanks in advance.
FYI, if anyone is keeping track, I also plan on being at the club meeting on the 21st. John. |
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03/10/2004, 08:27 PM
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03/10/2004, 08:53 PM
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Thanks for the heads up. I watched them for a while and I began to realize they were some sort of tentacle or mucous line for dragging in food. The coolest thing about reef aquariums and live rock is that just about every day I find something new living in my tank (which I think is a good thing....)
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03/11/2004, 09:34 AM
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Hmmm...that sounds like chaetopterid worms. A harmless and beneficial detritivore. Do they have two little clear tentacles that com out to the end of the mucous tube that capture food and drag it back in?
heres a pic of a similar animal with one tentacle 
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03/12/2004, 10:44 AM
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Could also be polycheate worms (AKA spagetti worms). I believe they are also in kevlouie's pic. at the bottom of the chaetopterid tube, orange/red tentacles.
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03/12/2004, 04:36 PM
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It is a Vermetid snail. I also have one. Produces strings of mucus to trap food that looks very similar to a spiders web.
Chris
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03/13/2004, 09:59 AM
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Actually, they are chaetopterid worms. I found several pictures on other web sites. Each worm has two tentacles, but there are so many of them in one rock that it looked like a spider web.
Thanks again for everyone's help. |
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03/13/2004, 10:10 AM
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I am wrong. Dangit I hate that lol! I guess I should preface stuff with " I think" or IMO. Good call Kevlouie.
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03/13/2004, 10:48 AM
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It's hard to be right when you don't have a very accurate description to work from.
Another ID problem. I have an old christmas tree rock that has two christmas tree worms in it. All the other holes are filled with another tantacle using worm, but the mouth almost looks like a clam's. Also, some of the tentacles aren't long and thin, but look more like a blob or mesh that extends maybe a quarter of an inch or less. Any ideas?
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