cobwebs on lr

[rtague]

Hi mr,
have these cobwebby things coming out of tubes on the lr,are these tube worms?,very unsightly....any kinda critter that will take care of these?.

 

[skene]

spirinoid worm

 

[rtague]

What to do?or am I stuck with them,I actually dont see any this morning ,they seem to come and go:scratch:

 

[ZANYMASTER]

Don't worry.Harmless.

 

[KathyC]

Most likely they are vermetid snails...look here before you say they aren't snails...
http://reefkeeping.com/issues/2005-01/rs/index.php

Look at the pic in Figure 2

What they are doing is catching small particles to eat from the water column and will reel in the nets (cobwebs) and eat what they have caught.

Nothing eats them. You may have a number of them because there is plenty of food for a large population. You might want to cut back on how much you are feeding so the fish can polish off the food in just a couple of minutes and there isn't much left for the snails to eat.

 

[rtague]

Thanks Kathy,great article,no doubt I have vermited snails and the webby stuff I'm seeing are the mucous feeding strands,now that I know what they are it's pretty cool,a little biodiversity as long as they dont get out of hand,lol.