White worms

[Walt1980]

Hi, I noticed those a while ago but let them since they looked pretty cool but now it’s way too many of them, they have white worm like shell with pink feather like head or something, I got no idea what are those, any help appreciated

 

[Walt1980]

i finally found out what those are,they're called Feather Dusters and seems like they are actually good for your tank,was kinda freaking out there that i got some parasite that nobody knows about lol, ive seen many ppl run thru my thread,ty

 

[Walt1980]

and btw im noob to salt water aquarium ,i have my for like 9 months so im nervous about every thing i dont know its happening lol

 

[DesertReefT4r]

There are also some pest encrusting snails in that pic. They are called spirobid worms and their slime irritates corals and they can spread all over the tank.

 

[lolmatt]

There are also some pest encrusting snails in that pic. They are called spirobid worms and their slime irritates corals and they can spread all over the tank.

The encrusting snails are called vermetid snails. Spirorbid worms are small spiral calciferous things that don't have a tube and don't throw out the mucus net that vermetid snails have.

 

[Walt1980]

Thanks for letting me know, I’m gonna do some research how to remove them

 

[lolmatt]

Once they are abundant in your tank, they're incredibly difficult to eradicate.

Food portion control helps, manual removal helps, superglue over the tips of the ones you can't remove.

Get a new wrasse (halichoeres genus, or 6-line) every few months until you find one that will eat them (I know I have one/some that do, because I stopped finding them in my tank).

Allegedly bumblebee snails will eat them, though I have yet to see it in action.

Overall they don't do much harm. You might see reduced polyp extension on your SPS, and slightly slower growth. But they won't kill your reef by any means, so not something to stress about.

 

[Walt1980]

I actually removed most of them by taking out rock with them on and than I removed them with coral cutters in base, warasse would be nice but my tank is only 35 gal and those grow pretty big. Anyway I’m glad I did take out some rocks cuz I actually found some planaria worm underneath so now I know I need to cut on feeding lol.Thanks for advice, I think I will try that bumblebee snail

 

[Walt1980]

I’m glad I joined R2R otherwise I wouldn’t know all those things until it would be too late, thanks