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I don’t believe the white spots are vermetid snails, I believe they are harmless. The red spots are more concerning but I haven’t had them so don’t know off the top of my head. Here is a website that I bookmarked so I can look up hitchhikers.
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WheatToast
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+1. The white dots are harmless, filter-feeding spirorbid worms. Not sure about the larger tubes on the coral skeleton though since they’re so heavy coated in algae.I don’t believe the white spots are vermetid snails, I believe they are harmless. The red spots are more concerning but I haven’t had them so don’t know off the top of my head. Here is a website that I bookmarked so I can look up hitchhikers.
Reef Tank Hitchhiker ID · Saltwateraquarist.com
Some reef tank hitchhikers are good, while others are bad or neither. Here is a reef tank hitchhiker ID list for the most common hitchhikers.
@tstor do you also have any images of the red dots underwater/more closeups of the green tubes?
Do you have any pics of them in water? Sometimes it’s easier to identify things (like the red dots) if they’re in the water.
That said, from what I can see, the white spirals are spirorbid worms (harmless filter feeders- some people find them annoying if they end up reproducing too fast in the tank, but, as I understand it, you can usually just scrape them off if you want to remove some). The tubes jutting out in the last two pics are a bit hard to make out with the deep, green coating on them, but if they have a spiral at the base, then they may be vermetid snails - if there’s no spiral at the base, but there’s a little trail leading from it, then I’d guess feather dusters (harmless) - if there’s no spiral or trail, then I’d guess Coral Boring Spionid Worm tubes (not dangerous to you coral, but ugly and can grow to plague proportions like in the thread linked below). I feel like I should know what the red dots are (I’m pretty sure I’ve seen dots just like this before somewhere, but I can’t remember where), but I don’t right off hand.
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That said, from what I can see, the white spirals are spirorbid worms (harmless filter feeders- some people find them annoying if they end up reproducing too fast in the tank, but, as I understand it, you can usually just scrape them off if you want to remove some). The tubes jutting out in the last two pics are a bit hard to make out with the deep, green coating on them, but if they have a spiral at the base, then they may be vermetid snails - if there’s no spiral at the base, but there’s a little trail leading from it, then I’d guess feather dusters (harmless) - if there’s no spiral or trail, then I’d guess Coral Boring Spionid Worm tubes (not dangerous to you coral, but ugly and can grow to plague proportions like in the thread linked below). I feel like I should know what the red dots are (I’m pretty sure I’ve seen dots just like this before somewhere, but I can’t remember where), but I don’t right off hand.
Coral Boring Spionid Worms -- an ugly bane to SPS
This is not something I've ever seen before. They are extremely ugly. Mar the appearance of SPS. This is on a "Beach Bum" encrusting montipora. I would take aphasia or even montipora eating nudibranchs over this crap. I've beat those with hard work. Not sure how to eliminate these without...
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MyFirstCar
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Thanks for the replies everyone!
I think the tubes might just be baby heads? I looked up pictures of branching hammers and they look similar.
I have more pictures under white lights, but it's still hard to tell
I think the tubes might just be baby heads? I looked up pictures of branching hammers and they look similar.
I have more pictures under white lights, but it's still hard to tell
