complete infiltration

[realz]

having a ton of problems with my reef
I lost a lot of zoas, corals etc from some brown jelly. (according to someone I fired)

now I have these tiny worms nearly everywhere on the sandbed. Can anyone ID and help me ? How can I get rid of them?!

 

[realz]

also these bubbles have been popping up over all my zoas and corals.. you can also see the brown jelly stuff in the pic

 

[malacoda]

Not sure about the worms (but there's a chance they may be helpful/harmless critters versus bad).

The bubbles look like bubble algae. Some folks use a turkey baster to carefully suck them up (carefully is key-if they burst it sends more spores into the water helping the algae to spread). Some use emerald crabs which often eat it (but not always).

 

[realz]

the worms have completely infiltrated the tank though, i need to control it... any suggestions much appreciated...

the bubble algae is ..... gross too... it pretty much killed all my zoas.

 

[garbled]

The worms are taking over because they have a food source. If you manage to remove them all, whatever they were eating remains, and probably causes algae. Let them do their job, and the population will self-regulate once whatever nutrient they are consuming is consumed.

 

[ReefinItReal88]

I'm gonna be honest with you.. I'm not sure the worms can be dealt with; they'll always be there forever, I don't know of an effective way to kill them. That being said; they are harmless detritus eaters (good guys). If you can avoid them in your mind then perfect. A successful reef comes with these critters sometimes. It's an ecosystem enclosed in glass haha

 

[realz]

this is where the brown jelly was but now it seems like algae, i dont know plus worms??? theres also blue feathers growing now. stressed.

 

[realz]

but the problem is, all my zoas are dead. I lost about $2k worth of corals and zoas the past 3 months.

 

[Philipgonzales3]

but the problem is, all my zoas are dead. I lost about $2k worth of corals and zoas the past 3 months.

What are your water parameters? Nitrate, phosphate, calcium, alkaninity?

 

[realz]

parameters are all good. slightly high phosphate so lowered the feeding frequency

 

[Reef_LA]

Those worms are spaghetti worms siphon those suckers when you do water change