Where are my ID masters?

[Dweezil]

Hi There ~ I have what I can only describe as what looks like Rose thorns growing in various places in my tank mostly on the rock but some on the clams shell too. Here is a picture ..look for the red thorny thing under the Dendro $10,000,000.00 for a positive ID. (Nope not really LOL)

 

[redsea reefer]

No idea Tammy, can you get a macro or closer pic?

 

[Dweezil]

 

[nanoreefing4fun]

I see a tube snails is that it?

 

[Dweezil]

I dunno...I've never seen anything come out of the growth. It's red, and spiky just like a rose thorn. It doesn't move.

 

[redsea reefer]

Its a Vermitid Worm Tammy.

 

[Dweezil]

Are you fricken kidding me??? I can't win.....:bluemad:

 

[redsea reefer]

I wish I was. Its OK Tammy, they dont end up all over the place, I have maybe 3-4 of them. They don't crawl around if that helps any.

 

[Reefmack]

I'm not sure if I'm looking at the right tings or not. The browner looking things look like what Eddie said - Vermetid Worms. The reddest things look more like Foraminiferans to me.

I think Vermetids are actually classed as snails:

Melevsreef.com - Vermetids

Lots of types of Foraminiferans - typically spiky little things and some are definitely very red.

I have at least one snail with a Vermetid on it's shell - spins out a web to catch things. The webs can at times irritate corals if you get too many Vermetids.

 

[Reefmack]

Tammy - scroll down past the (yuk) hydroids:

foraminiferan « Ron’s Blog

 

[Dweezil]

I wonder if I can just scrape them off or break them or something? There is one on my clam shell as well as a couple that are growing on the base of my Caulastrea. The other seem to be on the rock. I would say I have counted about 5 or so on the rock.

 

[redsea reefer]

Yes, you can break them off or put glue on the tip of them. Their not actually worms but snails.

 

[Reefmack]

Scrape them off if you want and can. Both Vermetids and Foraminiferans have calcium based shells/structures so they make not come off easily.

 

[Reefmack]

Are my posts invisible?

 

[redsea reefer]

Are my posts invisible?

No

 

[Reefmack]

 

[Dweezil]

I will try one of those things....

 

[Poriferan]

I have no idea what they are called but I had them in 2 different tanks FOWLR and a reef. I always found them when moving a rock. Ouch. Never seemed to hurt anything, but the Fish Only tank only got ambient light and they grew there the best.

 

[nanoreefing4fun]

Tammy harmless - filter feeders - snails

 

[David Shaw]

They are snail Tammy. They send out a mucus when you stir the sand bed or do a water change to trap particles. I have a few and they are fine.

Least they ain't worms !