A nest of bugs in my tank..what is this!!!!! help!!!

[Heineken]

I randomly looked at the back corner of my tank (cycling with LR and LS) and found a white patch of something that looked like a nest of some sort. It looked weird and gross. But I was even more freaked out when I looked even closer and noticed these tiny almost microscopic things crawling around. I think these are the same bug-looking things I saw on the seaweed I added to my sump.

NOw is this healthy/normal? I'm kinda freaked out and I want to get it out of my tank a.s.a.p. if it will harm the chemistry/biology of my tank.

Anyway, I guess I'll wait until I get some responses to do anything. If you know anything about this, please reply asap. I'll be checking back often thanks.

 

[RogerMcAllen]

Any chance of a pic?

 

[Heineken]

i'll try, my digital camera doesn't take good close up pics. I don't really know how to change the settings either.

 

[Heineken]

The white patch sorta looks like a web of some sort. It may not even be a nest at all.

 

[Jason]

A guy came into my LFS while I was in there a few weeks back with a cup FULL of little baby bristle worms......

OK, long story short he had a "web like" substance all over the bottom of his rocks that they were comming out of. that may be what it is.

 

[revhtree]

Do you have any clown pairs? Just a thought...

 

[seaham358]

I would leave it, there are types of worms that make webs. can't recall the name right now??? i'll look on the net.

 

[Heineken]

I don't have anything in my tank at the moment, other than sand ( some of it LS) and and live rock. I decided to just let it be. Do you know if pods make these kind of nests in areas of low circulation? I noticed that the nest/web-like looking structure is in a back corner where it gets little light and circulation.