please help me id goofy rock critters

bfin3 · 10/07/2014, 09:06 PM

Here's some things growing on my rocks. Only one of them is actually bothering me but I'd like to know what they all are.

bfin3 · 10/07/2014, 09:08 PM

The little tiny white swirly things in the second picture are what is bothering me. They grow all over my rocks and glass and look like little white dots everywhere until I scrape them off. I would like to get rid of them. The green thing and the thing that looks like a dog turd are fine but I'd like to know what they are.

EDJFA · 10/07/2014, 09:23 PM

First pic is a sponge. No big deal. I see some tube worms. Maybe what you call dog turds.

Need clearer pics of the white stuff.

Fibinotchi · 10/07/2014, 09:26 PM

Also vermetid snails.

thegrun · 10/08/2014, 07:34 AM

Top picture is a sponge, the bottom two are vermetid snails.

discocarp · 10/08/2014, 12:56 PM

I see sponge, spirorbis worms, and vermetid snails.

bfin3 · 10/08/2014, 01:58 PM

Ok thanks. Looks like I need to manually remove the snails. What can I do about these little spirorbis worms?

jrp1588 · 10/08/2014, 02:16 PM

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Originally Posted by bfin3

Ok thanks. Looks like I need to manually remove the snails. What can I do about these little spirorbis worms?

Not much, smash them if you want. They stab you if you do it bare handed though. They're surprisingly sharp.

discocarp · 10/08/2014, 02:20 PM

I just ignore them. Vermetids too, unless they're irritating a coral.

10/07/2014, 09:06 PM	#1
bfin3 Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2013 Location: Bloomington, IL Posts: 417	please help me id goofy rock critters Here's some things growing on my rocks. Only one of them is actually bothering me but I'd like to know what they all are.

10/07/2014, 09:23 PM	#3
EDJFA Registered Member Join Date: May 2011 Location: St. Charles, MO Posts: 1,025	First pic is a sponge. No big deal. I see some tube worms. Maybe what you call dog turds. Need clearer pics of the white stuff. __________________ Current Tank: 210g mixed reef. 75g sump AquaMaxx ConeS skimmer, Jebao DCS9000 return pump, ATO, Reefbreeders Photon 48 on a custom lighting schedule

10/07/2014, 09:26 PM	#4
Fibinotchi Upstanding Citizen Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Oregon Posts: 650	Also vermetid snails. __________________ Accepting donations for fish and coral food. PM me.

10/07/2014, 09:08 PM	#2
bfin3 Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2013 Location: Bloomington, IL Posts: 417	The little tiny white swirly things in the second picture are what is bothering me. They grow all over my rocks and glass and look like little white dots everywhere until I scrape them off. I would like to get rid of them. The green thing and the thing that looks like a dog turd are fine but I'd like to know what they are.

10/08/2014, 07:34 AM	#5
thegrun Registered Member Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Garden Grove, Ca Posts: 17,023	Top picture is a sponge, the bottom two are vermetid snails.

10/08/2014, 12:56 PM	#6
discocarp Registered Member Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Winter Park, FL Posts: 2,707	I see sponge, spirorbis worms, and vermetid snails.

10/08/2014, 01:58 PM	#7
bfin3 Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2013 Location: Bloomington, IL Posts: 417	Ok thanks. Looks like I need to manually remove the snails. What can I do about these little spirorbis worms?

10/08/2014, 02:20 PM	#9
discocarp Registered Member Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Winter Park, FL Posts: 2,707	I just ignore them. Vermetids too, unless they're irritating a coral.