Something is growing on my rock

[Luis_Rosario]

I noticed this growing on my rock my thank is almost 2 years old, should I be worried?

 

[TnFishwater98]

I noticed this growing on my rock my thank is almost 2 years old, should I be worried?

You referring to the white or red?

 

[Luis_Rosario]

The white

 

[Luis_Rosario]

The white

And I just noticed there is a lot more in the other side of the rock there is a lot more almost look like spider webs ️

 

[NoohpyT]

My guess is some kind of sponge

 

[Luis_Rosario]

Thank you

 

[TnFishwater98]

My guess is tube/fan worms. I can’t see the videos just going by the 1 pic. Do they look similar to these?

 

[Rick's Reviews]

I have these also, they mainly grow on my GSP (green star polyp), it's very small and looks like salt creep, but just smothers/ covers where nothing will open up
Is this description similar

 

[AydenLincoln]

My guess is tube/fan worms. I can’t see the videos just going by the 1 pic. Do they look similar to these?

Agreed! Mine happens to be tube worms.

 

[vetteguy53081]

These are tube worms which favor dark low flow areas which enable food to reach them. The best remedy is to remove rocks and place in container with tank water and scrub off with a firm toothbrush or automotive detail brush or scrape with a small pocket knife and return rock to tank and increase flow towards the rock (not at it) which will prevent any new ones from getting food and starve.

 

[Double monti 61]

Remedy! Let them live part of a healthy system.

 

[Luis_Rosario]

Thanks everyone, they might be spaghetti worms I’ll keep on eye on them for now, thanks again

 

[TnFishwater98]

Thanks everyone, they might be spaghetti worms I’ll keep on eye on them for now, thanks again

They aren’t spaghetti worms. I’ll guarantee you that. As far as tube worms/fan worms there is nothing to sweat about. They are a good filtration for your water. Bumble Bee Snails work wonders on these. I enjoy having diversity of life in my tanks as long as they aren’t pest. I don’t consider these pest. Once I introduced enough Bumble Bee Snails they kept them in check. Thought they were eliminating too much so I transferred some BBS to another tank. The pic I posted here was when they were at their highest numbers. Very easy to deal with if you don’t enjoy them. In your situation, it seems like your Rock is maturing and life is starting to grow on them… it’s a a good sign IMO…

 

[Seansea]

Ya just tube worms. Nothing to sweat