Identity help "What the heck is it"

[Layer3guru]

My Tank has been up for about 9 weeks now and everything seems to be doing
great though we only have one domino damsel, with about 80 pounds of live
rock. Well today when me and the wife got home from work we always check on
the new adittion to the family and we noticed these little white specs
attached to the class it looks like shell pieces of some sort. It is all
white and some are very small some are larger but most you still have to get
very close to the tank to see them. They look as if they are curled up or
something but not moving is this some sort of worm, I also have 40 pounds of
live sand in the tank.

Any help on what this is and if it is something I should really be worried
about would be greatly appreciated.

[Marc Levenson]

That sounds like spirorbid worms, and they are very common. I have them on the
back wall of my tanks, and they love the sump and overflow areas. Filter
feeders - reef safe.

Scrape them off where you don't need them, so your vision isn't obscured.

Marc


Layer3guru wrote:

> My Tank has been up for about 9 weeks now and everything seems to be doing
> great though we only have one domino damsel, with about 80 pounds of live
> rock. Well today when me and the wife got home from work we always check on
> the new adittion to the family and we noticed these little white specs
> attached to the class it looks like shell pieces of some sort. It is all
> white and some are very small some are larger but most you still have to get
> very close to the tank to see them. They look as if they are curled up or
> something but not moving is this some sort of worm, I also have 40 pounds of
> live sand in the tank.
>
> Any help on what this is and if it is something I should really be worried
> about would be greatly appreciated.

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[Layer3guru]

Ah they must love the rear wall then because thats where they all are in my
tank.
Thank you for a speedy reply I was worried.

"Marc Levenson" > wrote in message
...
> That sounds like spirorbid worms, and they are very common. I have them
on the
> back wall of my tanks, and they love the sump and overflow areas. Filter
> feeders - reef safe.
>
> Scrape them off where you don't need them, so your vision isn't obscured.
>
> Marc
>
>
> Layer3guru wrote:
>
> > My Tank has been up for about 9 weeks now and everything seems to be
doing
> > great though we only have one domino damsel, with about 80 pounds of
live
> > rock. Well today when me and the wife got home from work we always check
on
> > the new adittion to the family and we noticed these little white specs
> > attached to the class it looks like shell pieces of some sort. It is all
> > white and some are very small some are larger but most you still have to
get
> > very close to the tank to see them. They look as if they are curled up
or
> > something but not moving is this some sort of worm, I also have 40
pounds of
> > live sand in the tank.
> >
> > Any help on what this is and if it is something I should really be
worried
> > about would be greatly appreciated.
>
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> Personal Page: http://www.sparklingfloorservice.com/oanda/index.html
> Business Page: http://www.sparklingfloorservice.com
> Marine Hobbyist: http://www.melevsreef.com
>
>

[Layer3guru]

Your good because I now know that is exactly what it is I found a good
picture of them on the web.
http://morro-bay.com/windy-cove/images/eel-grasses2.jpg

Once again thank you
"Layer3guru" > wrote in message
...
> My Tank has been up for about 9 weeks now and everything seems to be doing
> great though we only have one domino damsel, with about 80 pounds of live
> rock. Well today when me and the wife got home from work we always check
on
> the new adittion to the family and we noticed these little white specs
> attached to the class it looks like shell pieces of some sort. It is all
> white and some are very small some are larger but most you still have to
get
> very close to the tank to see them. They look as if they are curled up or
> something but not moving is this some sort of worm, I also have 40 pounds
of
> live sand in the tank.
>
> Any help on what this is and if it is something I should really be worried
> about would be greatly appreciated.
>
>

[Marc Levenson]

Yep, those are the ones. I hope that is a picture of them on dry land, or that
they pulled the penny back out of the tank! :)

Marc


Layer3guru wrote:

> Your good because I now know that is exactly what it is I found a good
> picture of them on the web.
> http://morro-bay.com/windy-cove/images/eel-grasses2.jpg
>

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