mystery worms - a LOT

[XLReefer525]

The other morning I woke up to this on the back glass. It looked just like a vine or root system, but it was alive and slowly moving. Up close it was tiny worms all stacked on top of each other and traveling together in this network. When the lights came on, they slowly retreated back into the sand. I scooped some into a cup and they were very fine in diameter, and looked to be part white and part dark reddish / brown color. Does anyone have any idea what these are? I searched around and couldn't find anything similar.

 

[vetteguy53081]

This looks like a spaghetti worm. Some people like myself discard them while others keep them to rid of detritus
You can place in sump

 

[XLReefer525]

Thank you for your input. I know it's hard to tell, but there are literally thousands making up the web you see on the back glass. Tiny worms, like less than half inch, and very thin. So thousands of individuals piled up on the glass, and not larger worms in the sand. I looked up spaghetti worms and just don't think it's that. Any other ideas? I forgot to mention before, but my tank is less than 3 months running.

 

[DVal]

I think I have the same thing. Did you ever find out what it was?

 

[XLReefer525]

I did not. I had them 3 days in a row in different designs on the back of the tank. I haven't seen them since. I was never able to determine what they were.

 

[RobertTheNurse]

This looks like a spaghetti worm. Some people like myself discard them while others keep them to rid of detritus
You can place in sump

How do you get rid of spaghetti worms or if yiu can completely eradicate them, decrease their numbers lol. I have a lot. Only have 65G and not looking to add anymore fish to system. Oh and no sump

 

[vetteguy53081]

How do you get rid of spaghetti worms or if yiu can completely eradicate them, decrease their numbers lol. I have a lot. Only have 65G and not looking to add anymore fish to system. Oh and no sump

Manually remove them. They do stick to the bottom well.