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by **drhyne** » April 20th, 2009, 12:26 pm

This weekend I had something new appear in my display tank. It looks sorta like a tiny white snail shell. Very hard to see. They are less than 1mm across. They are crunchy to the touch. They appear to be stationary. I tried to get a picture but it's about 4 pixels total! Under a magnifying glass they look like they have a white translucent aura. This could be bonding fibers or some goo. They also are very easily removed with a mag-float.

I believe the origin was a bag of Cheato from my LFS. They were concentrated very heavily on a few strands in the fuge.

Any ideas?

D_.
Dan Rhyne

by **Gman0526** » April 20th, 2009, 4:27 pm

Spirorbidae Sp. worms. Many species but are harmless filter feeders.

by **MartinE** » April 20th, 2009, 6:05 pm

Gman0526 wrote:Spirorbidae Sp. worms. Many species but are harmless filter feeders.

My guess as well.

by **drhyne** » April 20th, 2009, 7:41 pm

Yup... that looks like it... Guess I'll just have to wait til they grow up!

Thanx

D_.

by **MartinE** » April 20th, 2009, 8:25 pm

They dont get very big 1mm or so.

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