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Re: Identity help "What the heck is it"



That sounds like spirorbid worms, and they are very common.  I have them on the
back wall of my tanks, and they love the sump and overflow areas.  Filter
feeders - reef safe.

Scrape them off where you don't need them, so your vision isn't obscured.

Marc


Layer3guru wrote:

> My Tank has been up for about 9 weeks now and everything seems to be doing
> great though we only have one domino damsel, with about 80 pounds of live
> rock. Well today when me and the wife got home from work we always check on
> the new adittion to the family and we noticed these little white specs
> attached to the class it looks like shell pieces of some sort. It is all
> white and some are very small some are larger but most you still have to get
> very close to the tank to see them. They look as if they are curled up or
> something but not moving is this some sort of worm, I also have 40 pounds of
> live sand in the tank.
>
> Any help on what this is and if it is something I should really be worried
> about would be greatly appreciated.

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