What are these guys??

[saltwater newby]

hello!!
What the heck are these guys and should I be worried?? Worms crawling underneath the susbstrate.

 

[AcroNem]

Of all the random things I know, I actually don't know the species name for those. But you have nothing to worry about. It looks like your sand bed is starting to come alive, it's normal and you'll see more and more kinds of life in there as it matures.

 

[Lionfish Lair]

Agreed.

 

[saltwater newby]

Of all the random things I know, I actually don't know the species name for those. But you have nothing to worry about. It looks like your sand bed is starting to come alive, it's normal and you'll see more and more kinds of life in there as it matures.

Ok
That's good to hear then. My system is roughly 3+ months old. I wonder when does all the purple coralline algae begin to show up.

 

[pugcrush]

Ok
That's good to hear then. My system is roughly 3+ months old. I wonder when does all the purple coralline algae begin to show up.

Introduce some good colors & wait. Get some snails covered in it or a nice piece of live rock. Keep your parameters in the zone & it'll pop up in no time.

 

[saltwater newby]

Introduce some good colors & wait. Get some snails covered in it or a nice piece of live rock. Keep your parameters in the zone & it'll pop up in no time.

I have 5 turbo snails and about 15 hermit crabs and a cleaner shrimp. I also have a small refugium in the sump with some culerpa and dragons breath.

 

[AcroNem]

You're doing it right Just give it time. Coralline comes with a stable tank that's really all it needs. With 3 months your tank is to the point where it's figuring itself out, just keep things where they should be and you're golden.

 

[Salty1962]

Looks like Spaghetti worms. Good for your sand bed, helps it aerate. Cleans up detritus from your sand bed.

 

[saltwater newby]

Looks like Spaghetti worms. Good for your sand bed, helps it aerate. Cleans up detritus from your sand bed.

Great news!!

 

[pugcrush]

I have 5 turbo snails and about 15 hermit crabs and a cleaner shrimp. I also have a small refugium in the sump with some culerpa and dragons breath.

It doesn't look like there's much on that CUC. When you go to your LFS, look specifically for 'red banded trochus snails'. They're the best snail you can have as they reproduce. As a bonus, they always seem to come in covered in coralline!

 

[saltwater newby]

Looks like Spaghetti worms. Good for your sand bed, helps it aerate. Cleans up detritus from your sand bed.

Awesome. Thank you!!

 

[saltwater newby]

It doesn't look like there's much on that CUC. When you go to your LFS, look specifically for 'red banded trochus snails'. They're the best snail you can have as they reproduce. As a bonus, they always seem to come in covered in coralline!

Ok, but will they be ok with the once I have there now? Will they compete for food??

 

[pugcrush]

Ok, but will they be ok with the once I have there now? Will they compete for food??

I didn't even pick that up on your last set of pics. Do you clean your glass? Honestly, I don't know if your turbos will last that long. I'm pretty sure the one in your picture is a cold water species & don't last too long in our aquariums. I've never had success with them. Once I went with the red banded banded trochus, I haven't looked back. Plus you don't any algae. So I'd probably hold off unless you got something I'm not seeing.

Did you add any live rock? How did you cycle your tank? It looks like you mostly have dry rock. Do you have fish?

 

[Salty1962]

Ok, but will they be ok with the once I have there now? Will they compete for food??

Yes. No.

 

[saltwater newby]

I didn't even pick that up on your last set of pics. Do you clean your glass? Honestly, I don't know if your turbos will last that long. I'm pretty sure the one in your picture is a cold water species & don't last too long in our aquariums. I've never had success with them. Once I went with the red banded banded trochus, I haven't looked back. Plus you don't any algae. So I'd probably hold off unless you got something I'm not seeing.

Did you add any live rock? How did you cycle your tank? It looks like you mostly have dry rock. Do you have fish?

I used dry rock mainly, 1 Branch of live rock and a big "cured live rock." I clean the glass occasionally, should I not? I have a blue hippo, mallinarus wrasse, 2 clowns, a blue throat and a cleaner shrimp. I'll attach pics. The cured live rock is the huge in in the middle .