Please help,

[Ahbaloch]

Hello every one,

Can some one please tell me whats this!?


First is white , puffy, looks like cotton, had a hole in the middle, on my gonni


Second these white thing, they are everywhere!!!!

What do i do? How do i kill all these!?

I dont have any expensive corals yet, so wanna get rid of these before i do.

 

[mike werner]

STOP!don't throw anything away.don't know the scientific name but it's not a problem as far as I know.i'm sure someone will chime in with a better id and a little more info.

 

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first few pics are of pineapple sponge a harmless filter feeder and last few are vermetid snail which could be a problem

 

[40B Knasty]

Last 2 pictures are Spirorbid Worms. Tiny white dots about the size of a pinhead can be found in reef tanks, overflow boxes, and sumps as well as on return pumps. They are Spirorbid Worms, which are filter feeders. It won't hurt to scrape them off if they obstruct your view, but they are harmless.
Pineapple sponge is also a filter feeders. Those are in the first few pictures.

 

[mike werner]

Last 2 pictures are Spirorbid Worms. Tiny white dots about the size of a pinhead can be found in reef tanks, overflow boxes, and sumps as well as on return pumps. They are Spirorbid Worms, which are filter feeders. It won't hurt to scrape them off if they obstruct your view, but they are harmless.
Pineapple sponge is also a filter feeders. Those are in the first few pictures.

that's what I thought.i didn't see any vermetid snails even when I put my reading glasses on and took a second look.

 

[Palyzoa]

I agree with above posts, harmless filter feeders and completely normal.

 

[Ahbaloch]

So just leave them there?

Is there any way to remove the worms?

 

[Flippers4pups]

I agree with the above statements, all are harmless. They won't hurt anything. Leave be. They are good to have and won't harm your corals.

 

[Ahbaloch]

But they are everywhere,

Every frag plug, back glass, over flow box, wave makers, rocks, like everywhere, the small white worms, not the sponge

 

[Ahbaloch]

Can i dose prazipro to kill all of them?

 

[40B Knasty]

Can i dose prazipro to kill all of them?

Prazipro didn't kill my coco worm or feather duster worm. If this is your only worries for your tank. You got it easy. Just scrape it off when you want and have a siphon hose coming in right behind what you scrape off to suck it all up as it's getting scraped off.

 

[Ahbaloch]

But they are everywhere!!! Not couple in hundredssss lol

 

[Maritimer]

If they annoy you, you can use a scraper to remove them. They're feeding on floating particles of organic material in the water ... perhaps if you were able to cut back on their food supply?

~Bruce

 

[Ahbaloch]

If they annoy you, you can use a scraper to remove them. They're feeding on floating particles of organic material in the water ... perhaps if you were able to cut back on their food supply?

~Bruce

as an lower my nutrients? or feed?

mag is at 1400
cal is at 450
alk at 9.4

 

[Ahbaloch]

ammonia at 2
phosphate at 1 ppm
nitrite and nitrate are 0

i can't bring the ammonia to zero

 

[Maritimer]

Ammonia should be at zero - work on that before the spirorbids! If your ammonia's not at zero, then your tank's not cycled.

Silly quick question - what type of test kit are you using for ammonia?

~Bruce

 

[Ahbaloch]

I tested 3 days ago it was at 2,

I tested it tonight and it was zero i think,


But my nitrate and nitrite are still zero? How is that possible?


Doesn’t nitrite comes after ammonia

 

[40B Knasty]

I tested 3 days ago it was at 2,

I tested it tonight and it was zero i think,

But my nitrate and nitrite are still zero? How is that possible?


Doesn’t nitrite comes after ammonia

Okay phew.. You are at 0ppm on the red sea kit. That API kit is so sketchy with colors.

 

[Ahbaloch]

But my nitrate has been at zero no matter how much i feed?

 

[Maritimer]

Could be algae - or even corals - consuming the nitrate as soon as it hits the water.

My own nitrates are at 1ppm. I feed plenty, but also have significant algae growth.

~Bruce