Absolute infestation of spirobid worms.

[Nicobareef]

Hi, I’ve made a previous post about this tank and noted the outbreak of the little filter feeders. I absolutely hate the look of them and they’re taking over the rocks. What is the problem??
I feed reef rounds twice a week, and feed my 2 clowns twice a day. Am I over feeding the tank?
Also, even if I do get the worms to stop growing, is there anything to get their hard shells off of the rocks? Besides scrubbing them off.
Adding pictures.
Thanks!!

Hi my own colony of spirorbit

 

[Nicobareef]

Biodiversity.

You just don't have enough of other things to out compete them.

They will just keep coming back until you have more diversity.

Feather dusters. Micro stars. Sponges. Spaghetti worms, sand fauna. ect.........IMHO. I believe it's natural milestone of tank establishment I started with diatom then came red cyano then came diano flagelle next was GHA bloom alongside came syllid worm and currently spirorbit worm all in succession and in limit except unsightly appearance at times these developments had never harmed inmates both fishes and invertebrates and had never swayed parameters.

 

[Roatan Reef]

I was told in another thread that they are harmless and a sign of a healthy tank.

ya they are just part of the hobby like coraline IMO

Everyone says it's an over abundance of nutrients or over feeding, and while yes these can cause them to bloom I don't think starving the tank is the ultimate fix. Think of how small these guys are and how incredibly tiny their stomachs must be. One pellet of food could probably feed them all for a week.

I have them too and I don't feed my tank much, my rear chambers are absolutely covered with them but for what ever reason they don't touch my rocks. If you can move your rocks away from the glass I would start there and just wait for coralline to cover the ones on the rocks.

My back glass is covered with them, none on the rocks though...coincidentally, the coraline algae is also taking off in my tank right now too, so I wouldn't worry about it.

 

[dr_vinnie_boombatz]

How does these guys reproduce? Through the water? Does scraping or crushing them kill them?