I've got worms...

[NIWID]

Got what appear to be worms in my Coral QT. How do determine if these are harmful and is there anything I can do to prevent transferring these to my display tank? All corals in my QT went through a Bayer dip so if they came in on a coral they survived that dip.

 

[Jamo7]

 

[Jamo7]

Had to! Sorry! But I don’t know what they are.

 

[Clownfish_Boy]

Got what appear to be worms in my Coral QT. How do determine if these are harmful and is there anything I can do to prevent transferring these to my display tank? All corals in my QT went through a Bayer dip so if they came in on a coral they survived that dip.

If they are those tiny white Annelid Detritus worms they should not be a menace. They are detrivores, and will consume detritus. I would love to establish a colony of them in my FOWLR so i could keep a Mandarin fed.

 

[Mooses]

Can you get an up close on 1? If you have a microscope, that’d be great.

 

[Jeffcb]

The worms go in, the worms go out, they play penuckle on your shunt . There was one little worm he wasn't so shy he went in a ear and out an eye, IKD. Dip what's going out for sure.

 

[cloak]

IME MOST worms are good... Playing the odds I guess... A different environment...

 

[LadyMac]

They don’t look like any of the baddies I’ve read about so shouldn’t be any real concern.

 

[jeffchapok]

They look like dorvilleidae to me. Do you ever see them swimming like this?


If so, they are harmless and my fish love to eat them.

 

[Thespammailaccount]