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Post by TWBriz Mon 07 Mar 2011, 1:02 am

I recieved some live rock from someone in the dallas area and after a few weeks a small yellow stringy clump appeared. It spread out in a pattern with a main centerpoint with several strands coming off, and then started multiplying. It never grew in thickness, only in length. It looks like sombody took a spindle of yellow string and threw it all over in the aquarium. I've searched the internet and asked few people and no one knows what it is. Does anybody here have any ideas as to what it could be?
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Post by cornfedone Mon 07 Mar 2011, 1:12 am

Can you post a picture?
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Post by Yeti Mon 07 Mar 2011, 1:26 am

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http://www.thereeftank.com/forums/f6/white-strings-growing-on-rock-158560.html

They talk about something similar to that which you described.
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Post by Win Mon 07 Mar 2011, 2:36 am

ive got some vermetid snails in my tank that put out stringy mucus looking stuff sometimes. dont have a pic tho...
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Post by Yuma Mon 07 Mar 2011, 10:17 am

Sounds like Terebellidae, or more commonly called spaghetti worms. Good bottom feeder.

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Post by TWBriz Mon 07 Mar 2011, 11:08 am

it looks almost exactly like the pictures of the spaghetti worms but with no body. i'll try to get some pictures. how do you host them on here? through photobucket or a similar site?
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Post by Yuma Mon 07 Mar 2011, 11:49 am

I've never seen the body on the ones I have in my tank either. It is usually buried in the sand or the rock. I think all of mine have migrated to the sand.

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Post by TWBriz Fri 11 Mar 2011, 10:17 pm

sorry for the wait but heres an ok picture. my cell phone doesnt do the best. one thing i did see is some of the strands coming from in between the glass and hydrometer and there was no body...how small are they?

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Post by Yuma Sat 12 Mar 2011, 12:38 am

Yep, definitely a spaghetti worm. Can't say I've ever seen the body of any of mine though so I can't answer your question.

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Post by TWBriz Sat 12 Mar 2011, 6:19 pm

ok. are they harmful to any corals or fish?
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Post by Yuma Sat 12 Mar 2011, 6:22 pm

Nah, they're good for the tank, eat the bad stuff and left over food.

Here's a link to FAR more information than you probably really want. Taken from the wetwebmedia site.

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Post by TWBriz Sat 12 Mar 2011, 6:56 pm

awesome. thanks everybody.
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