Cobwebs?

lebloom · 04-06-2006, 10:54 AM

I have a 75gal setup and in my LR there is stuff which looks like cobwebs on it. Got any ideas?

Dragon Wrasse · 04-06-2006, 11:41 AM

Long small white tube like things, could be a type of worm, I have them in my Nano...do you have any pics....what else is in your tank???, maybe its slime off of a softy coral??? Need to know more about your setup.....BTW welcome to RS!!

lebloom · 04-06-2006, 11:58 AM

No pictures of it. Its a 75gal FOWLR, about 100 lbs of LR and 5 fish. 1 yellow Tang, 1 Coral Beauty, 1 Yellowtail Damsel and 2 Common Clowns with about 24 snails and crabs and a few peppermint shrimp. This stuff on my rock is a whitish color and really doesnt look like a worm, more like a cobweb. Someone says a fungus but not what type. It comes and goes meaning that its not always around.

Cougra · 04-06-2006, 12:13 PM

Do you mean something like this linked picture?

http://www.reefkeeping.com/issues/20...s/image009.jpg

This is caused by tube snails called vermetid snails. They are common in and on live rocks. The webbing you are discribing is there modified antenae which capure food particles in the water and are pulled back to the snail so it can feed.

Here is a good article from Reef Keeping Magazine about them:

http://www.reefkeeping.com/issues/2005-01/rs/index.php

Dragon Wrasse · 04-06-2006, 12:42 PM

Try and get a pic of it.....the stuff in my Nano if you try and touch or grab it it will retract back into the LR.....and it does it fast.

Dragon Wrasse · 04-06-2006, 12:45 PM

Nice info Michelle, the pic of Fig. 5 is what I was talking about...Nice, Thanks.

Witfull · 04-07-2006, 09:31 AM

is there a yellow tint to it?

right now im going to venture vermtid or spagetti worms.

jesse_224 · 04-17-2006, 02:54 PM

I also had the same thing happen in my nano. After doing a little research, I found out it was spagetti worms. They seem pretty cool...or maybe im easily entertained....

04-06-2006, 10:54 AM	#1 (permalink)
lebloom Tunicate Join Date: Apr 2006 Posts: 4 View Gallery Karma Komment	Cobwebs? I have a 75gal setup and in my LR there is stuff which looks like cobwebs on it. Got any ideas?

04-06-2006, 11:41 AM	#2 (permalink)
Dragon Wrasse Harlequin Tuskfish Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Southern California Posts: 991 View Gallery Karma Komment	Re: Cobwebs? Long small white tube like things, could be a type of worm, I have them in my Nano...do you have any pics....what else is in your tank???, maybe its slime off of a softy coral??? Need to know more about your setup.....BTW welcome to RS!! __________________ *Member "Crabs Are Evil" Society* "A wise man learns more from a foolish question, then a fool learns from a wise answer" - Bruce Lee _____________________________ 75 gal SeaClear II Reef Tank (softy tank) - Coralife 125 Super Skimmer - Little Giant 2-MDQX-SC - Angstrom 2537 UV 15W - HOB Refugium - Eheim Pro 2228 - Red Sea Wave Maker w/Maxi-Jet 600 (X4) - 100 lbs Live Sand (DSB) - 100 lbs Live Rock - 260W PC lighting - 470nm lunar lights (X15) - AquaController II Custom 75 gal Starphire glass tank (SPS/LPS tank) - Custom 24 gal Refugium - Tuzne Wave box - JBJ Chiller - 390W PC lighting - 175W MH (X2) - Knop Cal. Reactor - AquaController 3 Pro - Aqua C Skimmer - Phosban Reactor - 18W Turbo-twist UV sterilizer - Sump - Sony Computer 5 gal Nano Hospital Tank - Eheim 2213 - Red Sea Prizm Skimmer - Live sand - Live Rock - Built in Refugium - 36W PC lighting

04-06-2006, 11:58 AM	#3 (permalink)
lebloom Tunicate Join Date: Apr 2006 Posts: 4 View Gallery Karma Komment	Re: Cobwebs? No pictures of it. Its a 75gal FOWLR, about 100 lbs of LR and 5 fish. 1 yellow Tang, 1 Coral Beauty, 1 Yellowtail Damsel and 2 Common Clowns with about 24 snails and crabs and a few peppermint shrimp. This stuff on my rock is a whitish color and really doesnt look like a worm, more like a cobweb. Someone says a fungus but not what type. It comes and goes meaning that its not always around.

04-06-2006, 12:13 PM	#4 (permalink)
Cougra Dragon Moderator Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Toronto, ON Posts: 2,216 View Gallery Karma Komment	Re: Cobwebs? Do you mean something like this linked picture? http://www.reefkeeping.com/issues/20...s/image009.jpg This is caused by tube snails called vermetid snails. They are common in and on live rocks. The webbing you are discribing is there modified antenae which capure food particles in the water and are pulled back to the snail so it can feed. Here is a good article from Reef Keeping Magazine about them: http://www.reefkeeping.com/issues/2005-01/rs/index.php __________________ Michelle Just because something CAN be done, it doesn't mean that it SHOULD be done!

04-06-2006, 12:42 PM	#5 (permalink)
Dragon Wrasse Harlequin Tuskfish Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Southern California Posts: 991 View Gallery Karma Komment	Re: Cobwebs? Try and get a pic of it.....the stuff in my Nano if you try and touch or grab it it will retract back into the LR.....and it does it fast. __________________ *Member "Crabs Are Evil" Society* "A wise man learns more from a foolish question, then a fool learns from a wise answer" - Bruce Lee _____________________________ 75 gal SeaClear II Reef Tank (softy tank) - Coralife 125 Super Skimmer - Little Giant 2-MDQX-SC - Angstrom 2537 UV 15W - HOB Refugium - Eheim Pro 2228 - Red Sea Wave Maker w/Maxi-Jet 600 (X4) - 100 lbs Live Sand (DSB) - 100 lbs Live Rock - 260W PC lighting - 470nm lunar lights (X15) - AquaController II Custom 75 gal Starphire glass tank (SPS/LPS tank) - Custom 24 gal Refugium - Tuzne Wave box - JBJ Chiller - 390W PC lighting - 175W MH (X2) - Knop Cal. Reactor - AquaController 3 Pro - Aqua C Skimmer - Phosban Reactor - 18W Turbo-twist UV sterilizer - Sump - Sony Computer 5 gal Nano Hospital Tank - Eheim 2213 - Red Sea Prizm Skimmer - Live sand - Live Rock - Built in Refugium - 36W PC lighting

04-06-2006, 12:45 PM	#6 (permalink)
Dragon Wrasse Harlequin Tuskfish Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Southern California Posts: 991 View Gallery Karma Komment	Re: Cobwebs? Nice info Michelle, the pic of Fig. 5 is what I was talking about...Nice, Thanks. __________________ *Member "Crabs Are Evil" Society* "A wise man learns more from a foolish question, then a fool learns from a wise answer" - Bruce Lee _____________________________ 75 gal SeaClear II Reef Tank (softy tank) - Coralife 125 Super Skimmer - Little Giant 2-MDQX-SC - Angstrom 2537 UV 15W - HOB Refugium - Eheim Pro 2228 - Red Sea Wave Maker w/Maxi-Jet 600 (X4) - 100 lbs Live Sand (DSB) - 100 lbs Live Rock - 260W PC lighting - 470nm lunar lights (X15) - AquaController II Custom 75 gal Starphire glass tank (SPS/LPS tank) - Custom 24 gal Refugium - Tuzne Wave box - JBJ Chiller - 390W PC lighting - 175W MH (X2) - Knop Cal. Reactor - AquaController 3 Pro - Aqua C Skimmer - Phosban Reactor - 18W Turbo-twist UV sterilizer - Sump - Sony Computer 5 gal Nano Hospital Tank - Eheim 2213 - Red Sea Prizm Skimmer - Live sand - Live Rock - Built in Refugium - 36W PC lighting

04-17-2006, 02:54 PM	#8 (permalink)
jesse_224 Serpent Star Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Oklahoma Posts: 211 View Gallery Karma Komment	Re: Cobwebs? I also had the same thing happen in my nano. After doing a little research, I found out it was spagetti worms. They seem pretty cool...or maybe im easily entertained.... __________________ 10g Nano 10g Sump 20lbs Live Sand 15lbs Live Fiji Rock 1 Percula Clownfish 1 Scarlet hermit Several Blue legged hermits 2 Turbo snail 2 Green Star Polyp Colonies Watermelon Mushroom 1 Peppermint Shrimp

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