wierd parasite things

[p00num3lli]

i was looking at my tank when the lights were off with a flash light. and over the past few weeks ive noticed the long thin clear worm things. they look just like fishing string and there conected to my rock's. i pruched this one big 9ib rock and that's were they came from, theres like 8 of them on it. there from1/2 and inch to 1 in a half, and there slowly spreading to my other rocks and gravle, and theres a huge one in a hole in one of my rocks about 3 inches long. any ideas what they are?

[Joshua]

Spaghetti worms? Bristle worms? Dunno, but they don't sound bad from the description. I don't suppose you could get a picture could ya? If not, google the two I listed and see if they look the same.

[tropicana]

thin fishing string worms, sounds like Spaghetti worms. They are not bad.

[p00num3lli]

ok, thanks for the help guys, should i just rip them out? cuz there spreading pretty fast

[apedroza]

Sometimes certain wrasses will keep them in check!! 6-line, yellow coris etc!!!

[Joshua]

ok, thanks for the help guys, should i just rip them out? cuz there spreading pretty fast

Not if they are spaghetti worms. See if you can find out what they are before taking the ax to them.

[p00num3lli]

well i wish i could tell what they are, but the pics ive seen doesnt look like them... ok just imagine a 1-2 inch fishing line conected to a rock drifting in the current. thats what it looks like. and if you touch them they shoot back in the rock

[zcatzmeow]

I think I had a couple of those in my tank. One night I saw a white worm like thing coming from the rock and Beemer (mandarin) saw it and slurped it up like spaghetti...heehee:bigsmile:

[tropicana]

Like this but smaller?

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v288/dynamite69/Image4.jpg

[subsailor]

Yeah i have quite a bit of those in my tank never hurt a thing.