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Originally Posted by ImACoolguy
Done some searching on reef central and have what I think is 2 possibilities.
Spaghetti worm -OR- vermetid snails. Not really sure which though.
Caleb
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now that I finally eradicated my infestation lets see if I can help you
I had both spinoide worms and vermidth snails infestation
first question for you :
where you see the little stringy things coming off the rocks do you see little spiral looking shells on the rocks , and or
second:
where the stringy things come out of the rock do they look like small shoots,
Third:
do you run charcoal
reason I ask is I found that the charcoal had a big lead in the cause,
if so remove it
Now if you only see like 2 or 3 you can just glue them closed , but once they start spreading it's not as easy ,
I had 1000's on my rocks first I tried to scrub them off with a stiff brush
that didn't work , they were back with in a day or so ,
so I decided I was going to play hard ball , removed rock soaked it in a peroxide bath 25% tank water to 75% peroxide soak aprox 10 min , than rinse in clean tank water to neutralize the peroxide ,
if you try to stop them in the tank it's almost impossible ,
well that is how I removed them from my rocks ,
now I also had 1000's of them in my sand bed , now this is where I was pulling my hair out ,
I replaced my sand bed once but they came back but I also didn't know the charcoal I was running had a big roll in this , it was fueling tons of phosphates ,
now after removal of the charcoal I cleaned out the sump ,
than I went on and removed the sand a second time , I also did 2 50% water changes after sand was removed to be sure fish weren't affected with any of the toxic gases that laid beneath the sand bed,
replaced sand one cup at a time to keep dust down and after I was done did a final 20% water change ,
I hope you don't encounter the big head ach I did as yes as you guessed it it's not fun
if I can help in any way just holler at me
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