bcarrillos Posted May 18, 2016 Share Posted May 18, 2016 My 28g is 6 months now. This week I started seeing a lot of new little things on the sand, and on the rocks. First I have seen White spots on the back wall, lots of them! I was told that they are worms. My question is, can I scrape them off? Or will they die slowly? Second, Ive seen alot of these on the glass, and on the rocks. What are these things? (Sorry for the not so clear picture) And Last one, I couldnt find what these were. They are everywhere, Sand, Rocks, even on the corals. Link to comment
Hard Softy Posted May 18, 2016 Share Posted May 18, 2016 Can't say I'm a noob .... but with pic's. ..all money dude ... peeps coming out the woodwork for you promise *looks around* very soon Link to comment
tetraodon Posted May 18, 2016 Share Posted May 18, 2016 second and third pics are flat worms, eradicate with extreme prejudice, first pic are just little tube worms, ive always had them, you can scrape them off but they will come back. and third pic is hard to see, it could be a amphepod or bristle worm, neither are harmful Link to comment
KurtS Posted May 18, 2016 Share Posted May 18, 2016 No clue on 1 to be honest. 2 and 3 definately flatworms, I agree, get rid of those. 4 looks like a harmless bristle worm to me, keep those as they clean up detritus. Link to comment
Polarcollision Posted May 18, 2016 Share Posted May 18, 2016 keep the tube worms on the back wall. They're an important layer of biodiversity and are growing because your tank supports/needs them. flatworms. Ugh. no like. last one seems to have two long antennae to the right, which makes me think snail. The rest of the shape isn't right for a snail though. Best/worst guess: stomattella snail? Pic is tought to tell. 99% sure it's not a bristleworm. Could be an amphipod if it's about 1/4"-3/8" and we're seeing the anterior side. Link to comment
Sunstar Posted May 18, 2016 Share Posted May 18, 2016 Flatworms, depending on size of infestation, sypon off all that you can see, remove carbon, use Flatworm exit, monitor, return carbon and if necessary do a waterchange. be aware that exit seems to adversely affect anemone (rock flower, micro mini carpets) last one is a munid isopod - not a problem... fish food. Link to comment
ndrobey Posted May 18, 2016 Share Posted May 18, 2016 Get a velvet nudibranch to eat up those flatworms. Everything else is friendly. Link to comment
bcarrillos Posted May 19, 2016 Author Share Posted May 19, 2016 Thanks for all your responses! I went to my local LFS and bought Flatworm Exit, it worked great! Everything is doing fine now, and hopefully don't see flat worms again! Link to comment
jamescstein Posted May 20, 2016 Share Posted May 20, 2016 As for the tube worms.. look up spiorbis worms, might be what you have there. harmless. I have them all over the back chambers of my BC29. Good site for ID'ing hitchhikers of all kinds... http://chucksaddiction.thefishestate.net/hitchworms.html Link to comment
Sunstar Posted May 21, 2016 Share Posted May 21, 2016 just make sure you dose the exit at least two more times, in a weeks time and a week after that Link to comment
bcarrillos Posted June 2, 2016 Author Share Posted June 2, 2016 just make sure you dose the exit at least two more times, in a weeks time and a week after that Yes, I did it twice, and I still see some really small ones. So I might have to dose one more time to make sure everything is gone! Link to comment
hooligan_78 Posted June 2, 2016 Share Posted June 2, 2016 Sixline wrasses are also good flatworm eaters, as well as the yellow coris wrasse. Link to comment
bcarrillos Posted June 9, 2016 Author Share Posted June 9, 2016 I'd like to update you guys with some good news. My flat worms are completely gone!!! Link to comment
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