ID please

rade8em · 06/21/2008, 09:09 PM

I got some strange things on a rock. I thought I had hair algea but when I looked at night with a flash light the tops had little areas that looked like feather dusters. and they sway in the water. They are on the top of my rock in one area... anybody have any idea what the heck these guys are. The set up has been together for 4 months.

Percula9 · 06/21/2008, 09:11 PM

Picture needed to I.D

rade8em · 06/21/2008, 09:16 PM

I will have to wait for them to get bigger, cant get a good picture. Sorry

john90009 · 06/21/2008, 09:17 PM

Did these little guys extend long at night time and look liek strings and disapear when the lights turn on?

rade8em · 06/21/2008, 09:20 PM

Yes they do extend long at night and look strings in the light... I thought that they where algae at first.

john90009 · 06/21/2008, 09:22 PM

Nah there just worms nothing bad i have hundreds of them as of what iv seen there good they like to get free floating sand and stick it to them which helps me to keep it out of the water column.Nothing to worry about.

rade8em · 06/21/2008, 09:24 PM

Thank you... Thats what I thought they where. Will they grow bigger?

john90009 · 06/21/2008, 09:27 PM

Not wider but sometimes longer i have a few that sit in my macro algea that extend more then three inches.

06/21/2008, 09:09 PM	#1
rade8em Registered Member Join Date: May 2008 Location: Maryland Posts: 107	ID please I got some strange things on a rock. I thought I had hair algea but when I looked at night with a flash light the tops had little areas that looked like feather dusters. and they sway in the water. They are on the top of my rock in one area... anybody have any idea what the heck these guys are. The set up has been together for 4 months. __________________ it burns!! it burns!! theres salt in my eye..... Current Tank Info: 29gl& 20 fresh water, 29gl salt water

06/21/2008, 09:16 PM	#3
rade8em Registered Member Join Date: May 2008 Location: Maryland Posts: 107	I will have to wait for them to get bigger, cant get a good picture. Sorry __________________ it burns!! it burns!! theres salt in my eye..... Current Tank Info: 29gl& 20 fresh water, 29gl salt water

06/21/2008, 09:20 PM	#5
rade8em Registered Member Join Date: May 2008 Location: Maryland Posts: 107	Yes they do extend long at night and look strings in the light... I thought that they where algae at first. __________________ it burns!! it burns!! theres salt in my eye..... Current Tank Info: 29gl& 20 fresh water, 29gl salt water

06/21/2008, 09:24 PM	#7
rade8em Registered Member Join Date: May 2008 Location: Maryland Posts: 107	Thank you... Thats what I thought they where. Will they grow bigger? __________________ it burns!! it burns!! theres salt in my eye..... Current Tank Info: 29gl& 20 fresh water, 29gl salt water

06/21/2008, 09:11 PM	#2
Percula9 Registered Member Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Orange County CA Posts: 3,819	Picture needed to I.D

06/21/2008, 09:17 PM	#4
john90009 Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Brick Posts: 985	Did these little guys extend long at night time and look liek strings and disapear when the lights turn on?

06/21/2008, 09:22 PM	#6
john90009 Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Brick Posts: 985	Nah there just worms nothing bad i have hundreds of them as of what iv seen there good they like to get free floating sand and stick it to them which helps me to keep it out of the water column.Nothing to worry about.

06/21/2008, 09:27 PM	#8
john90009 Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Brick Posts: 985	Not wider but sometimes longer i have a few that sit in my macro algea that extend more then three inches.