Identify please. Dangerous? - Aquarium Advice

litebrite · 05-02-2008, 02:19 PM

This is the photo. They are growing fast and spreading all over my tank super fast hitch hiked from on a coral I got last week.

I am worried they can sting. They are little tubes with what looks like a polyp for a head with little hairs that pop out from the sides. They get fat too like they are filling up with water.

I am scared they are "DIGITATE HYDROIDS" which I hear sting.

My photo of this <a href="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v449/endorphism/abc/worm.jpg">CLICK FOR PHOTO</a>.

**roka64** · 05-02-2008, 02:28 PM

Hmmm, it's hard to tell. Can you get a better pic?
Do they look like anything on here:
Xtalreef

litebrite · 05-02-2008, 03:00 PM

The big ones are too far away to photo. They are growing at an alarming rate, so maybe in a few days I can take new picks as they double in size.

**Ziggy953** · 05-02-2008, 04:29 PM

Looks like harmless Q-tip sponges to me. I get them in low light areas of my tank and in the plumbing of my drain.

litebrite · 05-03-2008, 11:39 AM

Feeling so much better. I was worried they were were bad and could possibly sting. They grow so fast. Just over night they got fat and plump at the base looking like a valcano. I looked up Qtips and they were a prefect match. THANK YOU!!! They had to grow more to plump out.

MaiNpHRaMe · 05-03-2008, 01:34 PM

they look like maggots with a feathery looking antenas on one side huh? They hang from the feathery antena, i have them all over my bioballs but i cant get a good pic either. I think its a worm of some sort.

05-02-2008, 02:19 PM	#1 (permalink)
litebrite Aquarium Advice Regular Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 70	Identify please. Dangerous? This is the photo. They are growing fast and spreading all over my tank super fast hitch hiked from on a coral I got last week. I am worried they can sting. They are little tubes with what looks like a polyp for a head with little hairs that pop out from the sides. They get fat too like they are filling up with water. I am scared they are "DIGITATE HYDROIDS" which I hear sting. My photo of this <a href="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v449/endorphism/abc/worm.jpg">CLICK FOR PHOTO</a>.

05-02-2008, 02:28 PM	#2 (permalink)
roka64 Aquarium Advice Addict Community Moderator Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 9,638 Images: 12	Hmmm, it's hard to tell. Can you get a better pic? Do they look like anything on here: Xtalreef __________________ Uh-oh, I just overloaded my Bioload! Vote for AA Good reading about: Nitrogen Cycle Fishless Cycling Need more help? Articles Acronym List --Scott

05-02-2008, 04:29 PM	#4 (permalink)
Ziggy953 Aquarium Advice Addict Community Moderator Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Sumerduck, Virginia Posts: 3,091 Images: 5	Looks like harmless Q-tip sponges to me. I get them in low light areas of my tank and in the plumbing of my drain. __________________ Happy Reefing! *120 Build in progress 6/18/08* Visit our Article section for answers on a variety of topics. LFS, PWC, PH RO/DI what in the world? Look here! Pods, algae and more!

05-03-2008, 11:39 AM	#5 (permalink)
litebrite Aquarium Advice Regular Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 70	Yes thank you. They are Q-Tips Feeling so much better. I was worried they were were bad and could possibly sting. They grow so fast. Just over night they got fat and plump at the base looking like a valcano. I looked up Qtips and they were a prefect match. THANK YOU!!! They had to grow more to plump out.

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05-02-2008, 03:00 PM	#3 (permalink)
litebrite Aquarium Advice Regular Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 70	The big ones are too far away to photo. They are growing at an alarming rate, so maybe in a few days I can take new picks as they double in size.

05-03-2008, 01:34 PM	#6 (permalink)
MaiNpHRaMe Aquarium Advice Apprentice Join Date: Feb 2008 Posts: 42	they look like maggots with a feathery looking antenas on one side huh? They hang from the feathery antena, i have them all over my bioballs but i cant get a good pic either. I think its a worm of some sort.