Unknown white things on the glass

[riddick]

Hi,

Noobie here.

I have a lot of these white things all over the glass on our tropical freshwater setup,
I have looked in various places online and cannot identify them, they look to be attached to the glass at one end, with the other moving with the flow of the water, from what I can see, they look almost conical in shape.

I have attached photos to help with diagnosis, apologies for the poor quality





Many thanks

Will


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[J.Mcpeak]

Could it be hydra?

 

[riddick]

Had to look that one up, if they are hydra I assume that they are very young as they are only 1mm long at the moment and I cannot see any tentacles.


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[J.Mcpeak]

Hmm, planaria?
Thats just another guess,

Some type of nematode?

 

[riddick]

Don't think it's planaria, from the reading that I've done, planaria is usually pinkish in colour, these are deffinately white.


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[J.Mcpeak]

Some type of Freshwater Cnidaria is most likely as it's attached. That's what I think. I don't have an extensive knowledge on the subject though.

 

[riddick]

Clearing up

I took high res photo's to my LFS and the guy there wasn't sure about them either, he said to wait a couple of days to see if they develop into something more recognisable.

Anyway its 4 days after I first saw them and they are clearing up on their own, my fish seem to be eating them, don't know if thats a good thing or not?!?!?
I'll keep a close eye on things, hopefully these mystery creatures are gone for good, fingers crossed.

Thanks for your help J.Mcpeak

 

[J.Mcpeak]

Sounds good.

Cheers.

 

[Fishfur]

Fish often solve this kind of thing for us.. and if they don't, don't feed them for a few days and they'll eat most things they find. Very handy. I've never seen things quite like those, but there are so many tiny critters that live in water, thousands of them haven't even been described yet. I'm more surprised we don't see more posts like this one .