Strange tubes of sand appear during night

[8galdorm]

What might this be caused by?

 

[Arkayology]

Sand monsters!

No seriously. They are worms that live in the sand. It's a sign of a healthy sand bed with lots of microfauna IMO.

 

[8galdorm]

Awesome, thanks

 

[goodtimes]

Kinda looks like flatworms to me.

 

[NanaReefer]

I'm also seeing many Flat Worms aside from the tube worm. Your going to want to do something about those.


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[8galdorm]

Yea, I'm trying to reduce nutrients but I don't want to kill all of them and poison my tank since it has such a small water volume

 

[Mike J.]

The Chaetoplerid (tube worm) is great to have. I'd really do something about those Acoel (brown flatworms). They will become a plague.

 

[NanaReefer]

Yea, I'm trying to reduce nutrients but I don't want to kill all of them and poison my tank since it has such a small water volume

Use some small airline tubing and siphon them out daily. Using some floss to filter out the worms and returning the water to the tank works great! Or else you will be reduced to using a chemical like Flatworm Exit.


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[8galdorm]

But won't it be impossible to get rid of all of them using the siphon method?

 

[NanaReefer]

I wouldn't say impossible to anything in this hobby Keeping their numbers in check via siphoning and low nutrients can wipe them out. For plague infestations the best method is Flatworm Exit.
People who have poisoned their tanks from massive die off of Flatworm did so because they allowed them to remain in the tank for to long, period! I've used FWE twice with NO ill effects on my tank at all.


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