captianshellnutt Posted December 4, 2008 Share Posted December 4, 2008 I noticed tonight in my 20H hundreds of tiny black worms most about 1 cm in length that appear to be coming up from the sand bed and crawling up on the rocks and crawling around on zoa frags. Specs as of last night Amonia, Nitrites, Nitrates all at 0 PH: 8.4 Temp 80 Ligthts: 8 hours Sunpod 25 lbs of Fiji live rock from liveaquaria 20lbs of live sand Oh, the tank has been up and running for about 6 weeks I have searched the forum search and have not found anything. I have read on some google searches that they may be black round worms and are nothing to worry about. However, with these thing about to cover my tank like some sort of lucust plague out of Genesis I am little worried I would greatly appreciate any feedback would be appreciated Link to comment
captianshellnutt Posted December 4, 2008 Author Share Posted December 4, 2008 Hello??????????? Link to comment
captianshellnutt Posted December 4, 2008 Author Share Posted December 4, 2008 HelloOOooo? Link to comment
dilbert Posted December 4, 2008 Share Posted December 4, 2008 Never heard about that. Maybe it's some strange species that is very rare on the live rock but it hit you. Link to comment
WhiteShark Posted December 4, 2008 Share Posted December 4, 2008 Do you have a CUC yet? Link to comment
captianshellnutt Posted December 4, 2008 Author Share Posted December 4, 2008 Do you have a CUC yet? Yup, about 5 small hermit crabs, 4 nerite snails and 4 astrea snails. They do a fair job on the green hair alge in the tank, however they seem apathetic about these worms Oh, I have one Emerald crab Link to comment
WhiteShark Posted December 4, 2008 Share Posted December 4, 2008 hhmm...I'd be willing to be there is something out there that eats them...possibly some sorta cleaner shrimp or arrow crabs or something...don't know what for sure though...sorry... Link to comment
Marteen Posted December 4, 2008 Share Posted December 4, 2008 I bet fish eat them, that's why we never see them. Link to comment
angelacbishop Posted December 4, 2008 Share Posted December 4, 2008 Hello??????????? Patience...you can't always expect an answer within such a short period of time. We all have lives outside of NR Link to comment
captianshellnutt Posted December 4, 2008 Author Share Posted December 4, 2008 Patience...you can't always expect an answer within such a short period of time. We all have lives outside of NR I can't expect.......but I can hope! Link to comment
lakshwadeep Posted December 4, 2008 Share Posted December 4, 2008 check here: http://www.chucksaddiction.com/hitchworms.html Link to comment
BKtomodachi Posted December 4, 2008 Share Posted December 4, 2008 Does it matter? They don't seem to be harming anything. Link to comment
BKtomodachi Posted December 4, 2008 Share Posted December 4, 2008 of course it matters. OMG WHITE BUGS PLEASE HALP Link to comment
captianshellnutt Posted December 4, 2008 Author Share Posted December 4, 2008 I suppose the wrasse will be then answer. I do not believe they are harming anything, although I only have one small zoa frag and they were crawling on it, but they are crawling on everything. Some zoa polyps stayed open while others are closed. By the way BK: Go Libertarian party! Link to comment
reefman225gal Posted December 5, 2008 Share Posted December 5, 2008 I would do a little more research.More than not they are probably beneficial. Link to comment
captianshellnutt Posted December 5, 2008 Author Share Posted December 5, 2008 ID made They are tube worms. I have now seen them start to develope thier tubes on parts of the live rock. I did not get the wrasse..........yet. I did however end with a peppermint shrimp and free zoa frag!!!!!!!!! Yay! Link to comment
FishOnTheBrainCoral Posted December 5, 2008 Share Posted December 5, 2008 around the edge of the sand i can see the same things i havnt seen them on top or on anything else i think they get ate if they make their way up. they havnt been a prob as of yet Link to comment
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