SeaMountain Posted April 23, 2003 Share Posted April 23, 2003 Toronto was up like a buh-zillion to 1 over Philly at the end of the Second Period, so I was watching my hermies do their thing on the algae and tumbling off the LR. When movement in the Arag substrate caught my eye. I first looked for another hermie but none was there. Then I figured it must have been the water movement sweeping at a length of algae growing on the Aragonite. Then it happened again! Next thing I know I'm GLUED to this spot waiting for something to happen... When the aragonite granules start moving like Bugs Bunny was trying to pop through. All in all, maybe a surface area of about a dimes width raised up. But I saw nothing underneath. There's roughly about a 2" deep bed of Arag-Alive. 22lbs of Fiji LR from LiveAquaria. It's been in there for a month and a half. I saw my first copepod this afternoon while home for lunch. Blue Legs, Red Legs and Astrea snails are all I have added. After a few minutes of watching the spot I finally spotted this small tube sticking up through the bed. I snapped a quick pic, excuse the algae... the boyzz are working on it! Can someone tell me what I have here? Link to comment
LiQuiD Posted April 23, 2003 Share Posted April 23, 2003 I can't see a god damn thing! But if the tube looks like it is made out of the substrate and a thin "spaggetti" looking thing comes out of it, it is probably a spaggetti worm (harmless, actually helpfull) Link to comment
harbingerofthefish Posted April 23, 2003 Share Posted April 23, 2003 you got pile of rock with somethig more than likely harmless poking out. at this point I would go by the any life is good life theory, Link to comment
karlas Posted May 17, 2003 Share Posted May 17, 2003 your pic is kind of hard to see but if it looks like a tube sticking out with small thin tenacles of a type i agree probably a spagetti worm. theres 3 colors i know of white, orange, and pink heres a pic of one with all the tenacles out spagetti worm Link to comment
reefphreak Posted May 17, 2003 Share Posted May 17, 2003 It appears to be nothing more than two litle red arrows. I wouldn't worry about them. They shouldn't bother anything. Phreak Link to comment
Acoustic Posted May 18, 2003 Share Posted May 18, 2003 I'd be willing to bet a dollar you've got a free nessarius snail in there. Link to comment
Crakeur Posted May 19, 2003 Share Posted May 19, 2003 I'm curious to know if the windows of your shack in the woods have that much schmutz (yiddish word for crap) on them. Might I suggest a mag float or a razor blade to clear off the algae? I agree that it is probably a spaghetti worm or possibly a small snail of some sort. I have so many spaghetti worms in my tank that I have them on the glass every morning. The ones I have don't appear to be large enough to make the substrate move tho. Have you tried moving the substrate to get a better view of the beast? That might also give you a clearer shot for a pic. And while you have your hand in the tank, get the algae off the frickin glass man. Link to comment
BlackSumbel Posted May 20, 2003 Share Posted May 20, 2003 -Sounds- like the siphon of some kind of snail. Try getting a really stinky peice of shrimp or something, then stick it in front of the tube with a pair of tongs. Make sure your hand isn't near it [1]. If it's a snail, it'll pop up out of the sand to have a snack. Then you can nab a piccie. -Sumbel [1] Precautionary measure. Some Cone snails can hitch in, and... well, cone snails are venomous. Link to comment
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