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04/15/2006, 03:56 AM
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What Are These?
Been seeing these for about 4 weeks now wondering what they are.
 Its the long white strands. They seem to be coming from some flat translucent like worm of about 2-3 cms long and are on the underside of some mushrooms on one piece of rock. Ive tried pulling them off with tweezers but they disintegrate before I can remove them whole. Any ideas on what these are and how I can get rid of them? Perhaps a FW dip? |
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#2
04/15/2006, 05:23 AM
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I cant remember if its a worm or a type of mollusk. Other than maybe giving you the creeps its nothing to worry about. This animal throws out a mucus "net". When it fills up with detritus, food, ect. it sucks the net back in and eats the catch.
I had a bunch of them in my old tank a while back. It was fun to watch them go to work when I would blow off my rock.
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04/15/2006, 06:04 AM
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It's a snail called a vermitid.
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04/15/2006, 06:11 AM
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I had a problem with them they are a type of flat worm an dthey get big,to git rid of them just keep at it,pull them of piece by piece and they will destroy a leather if you give them time....
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04/15/2006, 11:48 AM
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the pic is super blurry but it looks like a Spaghetti worm. heres some info
http://www.reefkeeping.com/issues/2002-06/rs/index.php
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#6
04/15/2006, 01:25 PM
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Olipug -- What you have are benthic ctenophores, relatives of the pelagic "gooseberries" and other jellyfish-like animals. They're harmless as far as your corals are concerned and are commonly found on mushrooms & leathers. Like their pelagic cousins they trap small crustaceans by using long retractable tentacles in the water, once the crustacean is caught they reel in the strands. There's some good images of them at http://www.seaslugforum.net/display.cfm?id=12274
http://www.seaslugforum.net/display.cfm?id=11713
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