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Help!! What are these things

Discussion in 'General Discussion' started by Sue M, Jan 3, 2016.

  1. Sue M

    Sue M

    Small white fuzzy things hanging from a rock. 20160103_210838.jpg
     
    Sue M, Jan 3, 2016
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  2. MadManMadrid

    MadManMadrid Well-Known ReefKeeper

    Those are pineapple sponges. I have a few they don't cause any problem I don't think occur your nutrients drop in the tank they start to dissappear as well
     
    MadManMadrid, Jan 3, 2016
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  3. Sue M

    Sue M

    Whew! I was afraid it was some major problem before I even get the fish in there!
     
    Sue M, Jan 3, 2016
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  4. Jen/Reefin

    Jen/Reefin Experienced Reef Keeper

    It a good sign that your tank is on track .
     
    Jen/Reefin, Jan 3, 2016
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  5. xroads

    xroads Veteran Reefkeeper Vendor

    Make sure you dont have any tube looking things coming out of the rock. They are usually white, and sometimes curly.
     
    xroads, Jan 4, 2016
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  6. Sue M

    Sue M

    I don't see anything like that. What would that be?
     
    Sue M, Jan 4, 2016
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  7. xroads

    xroads Veteran Reefkeeper Vendor

    A nasty little pest that multiplies all over your tank

    vermitid snails is what they are called.
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    Very hard to get rid of too
     
    xroads, Jan 4, 2016
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  8. Sue M

    Sue M

    Just googled that....I'd throw the rock out and start over!
     
    Sue M, Jan 4, 2016
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  9. Bud

    Bud Loves Bacon Website Team Board of Directors Leadership Team GIRS Member Vendor

    Maybe too late but the vermetid snails are usually much larger, like 1/4" in diameter tube and they spiral into larger blobs like 1" in diameter and cast a net out. I've had them and gotten rid of them by smashing them with a rock, or maybe they just went away. The smaller white ones are just tube worms aren't they @xroads@xroads?
     
    Bud, Jan 12, 2016
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  10. Sue M

    Sue M

    I'm going with the pineapple sponges. They don't move around like an animal. Just float in the current attached to the rock.
     
    Sue M, Jan 12, 2016
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  11. xroads

    xroads Veteran Reefkeeper Vendor

    No vermitid are usually smaller like pencil led, usually half an inch or so long. As bad is they are tiny white spirals that start showing up everywhere
     
    xroads, Jan 13, 2016
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  12. abower

    abower Well-Known ReefKeeper

    abower, Jan 13, 2016
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  13. Sue M

    Sue M

    Ooh no that's not it
     
    Sue M, Jan 13, 2016
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  14. abower

    abower Well-Known ReefKeeper

    Stuff is mislabeled all the time so I'm making sure from the experts
     
    abower, Jan 13, 2016
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  15. Bud

    Bud Loves Bacon Website Team Board of Directors Leadership Team GIRS Member Vendor

    I've seen that, the tiny white spirals. In the same system, eventually the big ones showed up (by big, I mean silver-dollar size spirals, brown/yellow, nearly pencil-diameter). I didn't think they were the same thing.

    They're gone now, and not by anything I did I think.
     
    Bud, Jan 17, 2016
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