medusa worms removal?

[SniperX8]

Hello,

I have a tank setup for about 2-3 months now, I have had medusa worms now which I believe came from a snail I placed in the tank.

Is there a fish or invertebrate that will get rid of these?

I had a six line wrasse as my first fish that ended up dieing 2 weeks ago.

It was from possibly being hurt (we put a neon dottyback in the tank and it tried to kill the wrasse that first night, that first morning i took all the rock out to get the dottyback out to bring back to LFS but wrasse was wedged in a rock that we could not see where it was and got hurt from that possibly)

or possibly nipped on a medusa and got poisoned?

Does this sound like i should be worried for the medusas? Or should I be okay with getting a wrasse again if it might nip at medusas? The tank has no fish in it currently, just 2 emeralds, skunk cleaner, 4 blue dwarf hermits, 2 astrea snails and 2 trochus snails.

 

[Reeferdood]

Can you take pictures so we can try to determine if they are Medusa worms?
I can't imagine one coming as a hitchhiker and multiplying that fast in a new tank.

 

[SniperX8]

It looks exactly like that but orangy kinda, im at work currently and can post that later tonight.

Only thing i set the tank up with live sand, dry live rock.

I noticed them after i added those trochus snails

 

[Reeferdood]

How big are they?? Please post pictures when able..

 

[SniperX8]

Some were small like quarter inch, others are a good couple inches

 

[SniperX8]

I cleaned up tank this morning and got alot of them out, theres still a few that I can see.

 

[reef lover]

That does appear to be a medusa...but i dont generally worry about them.

 

[SniperX8]

Is there a easy way to remove them?

They are very gross to see all over rocks.

 

[rhdoug]

Successful reef tanks aren't just coral and fish -- they need small invertebrates like those. There will be other things that appear and disappear from time to time as well. I wouldn't worry about them, there is very little you can or should do about beneficial critters like them.

 

[Hemmdog]

Make friends with them. They are good.

 

[SniperX8]

Thank you all for your replies!

I'll let them be than lol

 

[reef lover]

You can always get an appropriate sized wrasse for your tank to eat them.

 

[Bushmaster]

I agree with the veterans, the more diversity the better.

 

[ChristianReefer]

My blue tang and clown fish pick at them. I’ve seen the blue tang eat a few... should I be worried?