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Help!! What are these things

Discussion in 'General Discussion' started by Sue M, Jan 3, 2016.

  1. Jan 3, 2016 #1
    Sue M Waterloo, IA

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    Small white fuzzy things hanging from a rock.

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  2. Jan 3, 2016 #2
    MadManMadrid Iowa City

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    Those are pineapple sponges. I have a few they don't cause any problem I don't think occur your nutrients drop in the tank they start to dissappear as well
     
  3. Jan 3, 2016 #3
    Sue M Waterloo, IA

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    Whew! I was afraid it was some major problem before I even get the fish in there!
     
  4. Jan 3, 2016 #4
    Jen/Reefin Davenport, IA

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    It a good sign that your tank is on track .
     
  5. Jan 4, 2016 #5
    xroads La Porte City, IA

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    Make sure you dont have any tube looking things coming out of the rock. They are usually white, and sometimes curly.
     
  6. Jan 4, 2016 #6
    Sue M Waterloo, IA

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    I don't see anything like that. What would that be?
     
  7. Jan 4, 2016 #7
    xroads La Porte City, IA

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    A nasty little pest that multiplies all over your tank

    vermitid snails is what they are called.
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    Very hard to get rid of too
     
  8. Jan 4, 2016 #8
    Sue M Waterloo, IA

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    Just googled that....I'd throw the rock out and start over!
     
  9. Jan 12, 2016 #9
    Bud West Des Moines, IA

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    Maybe too late but the vermetid snails are usually much larger, like 1/4" in diameter tube and they spiral into larger blobs like 1" in diameter and cast a net out. I've had them and gotten rid of them by smashing them with a rock, or maybe they just went away. The smaller white ones are just tube worms aren't they @xroads@xroads?
     
  10. Jan 12, 2016 #10
    Sue M Waterloo, IA

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    I'm going with the pineapple sponges. They don't move around like an animal. Just float in the current attached to the rock.
     
  11. Jan 13, 2016 #11
    xroads La Porte City, IA

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    No vermitid are usually smaller like pencil led, usually half an inch or so long. As bad is they are tiny white spirals that start showing up everywhere
     
  12. Jan 13, 2016 #12
    abower Ryan, Ia

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  13. Jan 13, 2016 #13
    Sue M Waterloo, IA

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    Ooh no that's not it
     
  14. Jan 13, 2016 #14
    abower Ryan, Ia

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    Stuff is mislabeled all the time so I'm making sure from the experts
     
  15. Jan 17, 2016 #15
    Bud West Des Moines, IA

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    I've seen that, the tiny white spirals. In the same system, eventually the big ones showed up (by big, I mean silver-dollar size spirals, brown/yellow, nearly pencil-diameter). I didn't think they were the same thing.

    They're gone now, and not by anything I did I think.
     

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