strange 3/8 in white worms like creatures 1/8 in round

[ghill]

today i pulled the return pump from my aio aquarium and stirred up a number of what looked like small white worms 3/8 in long, 1/8 in round but did not move. Captured most of them in a fine net and flushed. Suggestions on what they might be are welcome, and if not good, a solution to remove all of them.

 

[Flameback Pair]

Might be flatworms. Are they kind of flatish? A lot wrasses will eat them. Can you post a picture?

 

[ghill]

Might be flatworms. Are they kind of flatish? A lot wrasses will eat them. Can you post a picture?

Here is a pic… mostly round and bright white before out of water… next to 3/4 in hose piece

 

[ghill]

today i pulled the return pump from my aio aquarium and stirred up a number of what looked like small white worms 3/8 in long, 1/8 in round but did not move. Captured most of them in a fine net and flushed. Suggestions on what they might be are welcome, and if not good, a solution to remove all of them.

Pictures. They are hard and mostly round and pure white in the water.

 

[ISpeakForTheSeas]

Pictures. They are hard and mostly round and pure white in the water.

Look up pineapple sponges and see if they're a match for you here.

 

[Flameback Pair]

@ghill Not much detail in the images but still gives us some insight. Might be AEFW (acro eating flat worms). Do you have SPS in the tank?

 

[ghill]

Look up pineapple sponges and see if they're a match for you here.

Did not see matching picture but do far only in return sump.

@ghill Not much detail in the images but still gives us some insight. Might be AEFW (acro eating flat worms). Do you have SPS in the tank?

 

[ghill]

no... lps and soft

 

[ISpeakForTheSeas]

Did not see matching picture but do far only in return sump.

And they don't move at all, correct?

 

[tbrown]

My first thought was also pineapple sponges. The pictures are fuzzy but very similar looking.

 

[ghill]

And they don't move at all, correct?

No movement. Hard. Some have a pointy end. So far only in aio return sump. Not a large number of them but I would guess I removed a couple dozen,

 

[ISpeakForTheSeas]

No movement. Hard. Some have a pointy end. So far only in aio return sump. Not a large number of them but I would guess I removed a couple dozen,

Well, that eliminates my other guesses. Any chance you could get clearer pics of one?

 

[GSPClown94]

Odd shaped eggs from something in your tank?

 

[ghill]

Odd shaped eggs from something in your tank?

Cleaned the return sump and pump as precaution and will try to post better pic if they return.