A white stringy wormlike thing coming from Polyps...

[RedTide94]

anyone have an idea? Is this how they reproduce? When my lights are dim/off is when it occurs...a worm-like white thread coming out of the star polyps.

 

[lcstorc]

It is probably a spaghetti worm. Can you get a pic?

 

[RedTide94]

I'll try but it vanishes when the polyps expand...is it harmful?

 

[lcstorc]

Not if it is a spaghetti worm. Do a search on it and see if the pics you get look like what is in your tank.

 

[YumSaltWater]

huh im having a similar situation.
mine is less of a worm and more of a white fuzzy pod.
ill try and get a pic tomorrow.
but ya is that a bad thing?

 

[BigAl07]

I have several "Spaghetti" worm like things all over my LR. It seems like each night I see a new area where they are coming from. Looks kind of cool to me. I'll look into the whole speghetti worm thing and see what they are all about but I presume they are just some type of filter-feeders getting their daily allowance ....

Allen

 

[AnotherLousy1]

Well, blue_eyes must not have seen this post, I asked the same thing over in the Just Starting Out part of RS. Kinda looks like spiderweb stuff???

Check out these two links that blue_eyes posted for me, I think you'll find them quite useful for identifying your stringy stuff:

Snails That Worm Their Way Into Tanks by Ronald L. Shimek, Ph.D. - Reefkeeping.com

http://www.reefsanctuary.com/forums/reef-hitchhiker-id/12241-spaghetti-worm.html

Lynnette