Help me identify this please!!!

[xtkxhom3r]

iv been getting these little hard tube worm things all over my tank lately they spread really really fast! it seems like they like the flow because they grow on my power heads...anyways here are some pics i just want to get rid of them because it seems like their webs bother my coral

http://i819.photobucket.com/albums/zz118/Pennies2Cents/tubeworms.jpg


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[Mike]

I am thinking Vermitid snails. Hard tube that they extend stringy net. Can irritate corals it touches. I usually just break them off, but someone said they put a little dab of superglue on the end to seal them shut. Hth

[Mr Cob]

what Mike said.

I like to watch my wrasse eat at them when I break them off.

Sweet pics too!

[xtkxhom3r]

there are so many of them! there is no way i can put super glue on all of them like over a hundred!! i wish there was some animal i can buy that will just pig out on them all day :(

is there a way i can upload the full res pics? they look so much better

[Mr Cob]

established liverock normally will be loaded with them...just make it a habit to break a few everytime your hand goes in the tank.

[Mike]

What Rob said. You might find something that might eat them, but remember that critter might eat other stuff (your corals/snails/hermits) also. I think my dragon wrasse or piccasso trigger eats them, but they are not reef safe. You might regret adding them later on more than these pests irritating your corals.

[Mr Cob]

the Mike and Rob team.

lol

[xtkxhom3r]

Aaahhh!! I wish everything could just be perfect lol thanks for the help guys!

[Pennies2Cents]

Helped you out a lil. :) made picture bigger by uploading to photobucket and copy/pasting the IMG Code with in your post. Honestly, we have those too, but we do nothing with them and let them be. Our tank is much to big and full of fish, coral, shrimp etc.

[Mr Cob]

Eve...that's the same resolution they were when you click on them, xtkx would need to upload from the original in order for the resolution size to change...

[jroescher]

Just be real careful handling them. The little ones can be really sharp. And if one breaks off under the skin the lasting pain is extreme.

[xtkxhom3r]

lol yea iv had one cut me before good thing it didnt break in my finger!

on a side note i just moved and my tank was full of purple algae on the walls and now its all white! the walls are almost transparent wtf! was it cus it was out of water for too long?

[Mr Cob]

yeah, normally if the purple coralline is white...it's dead or on the way out, not to worry though it will come back. Just leave it be.

[ErikH]

For full res shots, you'd need to use something like Flikr.