I thought it was a turd but it isn't

[exnisstech]

I thought it was poop but it wouldn't blow off. It's not hard like a tube worm in that it doesn't break but it's attached. I pulled the rock an scraped it off and superglued over the hole figuring that would work. The second dot of glue was to cover a hole that looked similar. Couple days later and here it is again.

Before I messed with it

After glueing the holes

Coming out after being glued

 

[vetteguy53081]

I thought it was poop but it wouldn't blow off. It's not hard like a tube worm in that it doesn't break but it's attached. I pulled the rock an scraped it off and superglued over the hole figuring that would work. The second dot of glue was to cover a hole that looked similar. Couple days later and here it is again.

Before I messed with it

After glueing the holes

Coming out after being glued

Pics a litle dark to see. Are you sure not a young sea cucumber?

 

[exnisstech]

Pics a litle dark to see. Are you sure not a young sea cucumber?

It's coming out from inside the monti

 

[fishguy242]

can you get a close up pic ? not vermetid snail ?

 

[JoJosReef]

It's coming out from inside the monti

Hard to see with all the blue, but is it grainy, like grains of sand glued together? Some worms make sand tubes that can be surprisingly solid.

 

[exnisstech]

Hard to see with all the blue, but is it grainy, like grains of sand glued together? Some worms make sand tubes that can be surprisingly solid.

That's exactly what it looks like, a sand tube. I scraped it off and superglued over the hole and it worked its way out next to the super glue. I normally don't kill critters but this coral has struggled for a long time so I'm watching it and thought maybe I was on to something.

 

[JoJosReef]

That's exactly what it looks like, a sand tube. I scraped it off and superglued over the hole and it worked its way out next to the super glue. I normally don't kill critters but this coral has struggled for a long time so I'm watching it and thought maybe I was on to something.

Keep an eye on the tube to see what comes out. It you see two long palps, might be spionid. If you see a 5 antenna head poking out, could be a Eunice worm. I sometimes check the tank at night with a red flashlight to see what's roaming about.

 

[vetteguy53081]

It's coming out from inside the monti

May be a honeycomb tube worm also called sand castle tube worm

 

[exnisstech]

I sometimes check the tank at night with a red flashlight to see what's roaming about.

Sitting here now with no sleep in site. Going to grab the red led.

 

[SliceGolfer]

Keep an eye on the tube to see what comes out. It you see two long palps, might be spionid. If you see a 5 antenna head poking out, could be a Eunice worm. I sometimes check the tank at night with a red flashlight to see what's roaming about.

Exactly what my guess is. Hopefully not the Eunice worm.

 

[JoJosReef]

Exactly what my guess is. Hopefully not the Eunice worm.

Eunice worms, while not the worst in my opinion, are almost hopeless nuisances. At least most of them are not real threats. Still...

 

[tbrown]

Eunice worms, while not the worst in my opinion, are almost hopeless nuisances. At least most of them are not real threats. Still...

My brother-in-law's favorite movie series growing up. He has it memorized almost word for word in English, Spanish, and French.

 

[exnisstech]

I can't get more detail than this. Keep in mind this is next to one of the dots of superglue and a magnified shot. The tube that whatever it is building is maybe 2mm so small.

It comes out here

 

[fishguy242]

just remove from coral,prob scrape off with screwdriver, make sure you get the worm.

 

[VintageReefer]

Does it look like this basterd

 

[JoJosReef]

Does it look like this basterd

That's no bueno.

 

[VintageReefer]

That's no bueno.

These are the worst. Dip doesn’t work on them. Plucking doesn’t help. Gluing doesn’t help.

I have a method I came up with that I am going to try…I haven’t seen it mentioned before

The problem is any disturbance and they suck not only into the tube, but into the coral. “Coral boring spionid worms”

They live INSIDE the coral. When you remove the rock to dip, they burrow so far in, the dip doesn’t make its way in the tiny tube, which I think they can close or block off.

If you go to pluck the tube, they suck in the coral. And make a new tube. If you glue them, they bore out another tube

Soooo…I have to outsmart the worm. Put it in a Tupperware of tank water and sit it on my tanks lid. And wait a few hours for it to feel comfortable to come out. Then slow administer a mix of coral rx and revive…one drop every minute. Slowly. And eventually, I will make the water potent enough to affect the worm, without scaring it back in the tube. And hopefully I can get enough contact time to do some damage to it

 

[JoJosReef]

These are the worst. Dip doesn’t work on them. Plucking doesn’t help. Gluing doesn’t help.

I have a method I came up with that I am going to try…I haven’t seen it mentioned before

The problem is any disturbance and they suck not only into the tube, but into the coral. “Coral boring spionid worms”

They live INSIDE the coral. When you remove the rock to dip, they burrow so far in, the dip doesn’t make its way in the tiny tube, which I think they can close or block off.

If you go to pluck the tube, they suck in the coral. And make a new tube. If you glue them, they bore out another tube

Soooo…I have to outsmart the worm. Put it in a Tupperware of tank water and sit it on my tanks lid. And wait a few hours for it to feel comfortable to come out. Then slow administer a mix of coral rx and revive…one drop every minute. Slowly. And eventually, I will make the water potent enough to affect the worm, without scaring it back in the tube. And hopefully I can get enough contact time to do some damage to it

Some people have actually tried stabbing it with a a pliable metal wire inside their tubing. No idea if that was ever effective. I had them in one acro. Tossed it. I'm a bit worried they are in my branching cyphastrea...

 

[VintageReefer]

Jet torch to the opening

 

[VintageReefer]

Some people have actually tried stabbing it with a a pliable metal wire inside their tubing. No idea if that was ever effective. I had them in one acro. Tossed it. I'm a bit worried they are in my branching cyphastrea...

I’m convinced they were the cause of my 8” raja rampage’s decline. Convinced.