What's in my sand

[Exotic Aquaria]

I have a bunch of little worms (not bristle worms, these are opaque) living and grouping in my sand bed. They appear to be harmless and seem to be gathering to eat stuff in the sand. Anyone have any ideas?

 

[cloak]

Spaghetti worms most likely.

http://reefkeeping.com/issues/2002-06/rs/

 

[Exotic Aquaria]

Spaghetti worms most likely.

http://reefkeeping.com/issues/2002-06/rs/

I don't think it is because they can all move around and away from the group and you can clearly see it is an individual organism

 

[reef lover]

#reefsquad

 

[cloak]

Can you describe the worms a little? Are they hairy, smooth etc? The link below might help.

https://www.lionfishlair.com/hitchhikers-guide/

 

[Exotic Aquaria]

Can you describe the worms a little? Are they hairy, smooth etc? The link below might help.

https://www.lionfishlair.com/hitchhikers-guide/

From what I can tell they appear to be smooth although they are very small and hard to really tell

 

[brandon429]

nematoda nonspecifica
made last part up but I guess nemos
am now googling to see if they're ever marine. prof once said nematoda were everywhere and most abundant wigglers, verifying that currently

 

[Diesel]

Italian spaghetti worms.

 

[ilyad]

Looks more like copepods than worms.

 

[Exotic Aquaria]

Looks more like copepods than worms.

They seem to be more worm like and averaging around a 1/16 to a 1/8in in length. Are there pods that are worm like? I have seeded my tank multiple times using algae barns 5280 pods with the last dose being around 6months ago with about 22k pods

 

[ilyad]

They seem to be more worm like and averaging around a 1/16 to a 1/8in in length. Are there pods that are worm like? I have seeded my tank multiple times using algae barns 5280 pods with the last dose being around 6months ago with about 22k pods

Ah, never mind. Beats me. Any way to get a better pic?

 

[Exotic Aquaria]

Ah, never mind. Beats me. Any way to get a better pic?

Unfortunately I do not think so due to them being in the sand and my camera not being able to really focus on it lol