SOMEONE HELP, I SAW SOMETHING IN MY TANK!

[ReeferFreaker]

ok...last night i woke up in the middle of the night then i decided to look at my tank..and i got a small cured rock the cool guy from my LFS gave me one for free...anyways it has a small hole in it and i saw a worm with like dark brown and white stripes in it...and im also growing some brown hairy things on my rock and sand..and also some brown stuff in the back of my tank...anyone knows whats happening to my tank?

 

[Anonymous]

That all sounds normal.

The worm sounds like a peanut worm - pretty cool and not dangerous. Night hunting in my tank with a flash light is always fun!

 

[ReeferFreaker]

ok so everything in my tank is fine? even the brown hairs? and brown spots in the back of my tank?

 

[Anonymous]

Probably so.

 

[Anonymous]

I would think so. Pictures would make it more definite, but it all sounds par for the course with a new tank.



:welcome:

 

[ReeferFreaker]

yea im gonna go post pics right now imma take a pic..give me couple of mins

 

[ReeferFreaker]

k here are the pics....the pictures there are brown stuff im talkin about..

full 20 gal shot..

side shot brown stuff right there..

brown stuff on the sand

look at this..

 

[ReeferFreaker]

anyone??

 

[Anonymous]

How old is the tank? What kind of flow do you have in there?

 

[ReeferFreaker]

tank about is 1 month and a half..and wat u mean flow? well i got 2 filters..AquaClear20 MINI and Skilter 250 have a skimmer and i got aquaclear powerhead...uhm im workin on my sump..

 

[Anonymous]

I would guess it is some of the normal tank cycling stuff. I would suggest getting a bit more flow. IMO you will not get much out of the skilter.

 

[ReeferFreaker]

what IMO? and what do u suggest about the flow?

 

[Anonymous]

Yep, looks pretty normal. It is probably some type of slime algea.

Low flow helps this type of algea to grow, so what Wazzel said would be helpful in keeping it in check.

Louey

 

[Anonymous]

what IMO? and what do u suggest about the flow?

IMO = in my opinion

I think a MJ 900 or two would do a great job in your tank.

 

[Fragguy]

The brown stuff on the back is just brown diatom algae. Snails will take care of that. Just make sure you don't have Copper medicines in the water. Even if you used it a long time ago it could still kill your snails. If the tank is not invert safe then forget that idea.

The stuff on the sand is a little harder to tell. Could be the same brown diatom or red slime that has not grown thick enough yet.

In any case your tank is still going through it's maturation cycle so you will see different algaes come and go. Good water will help keep things under control.

Are you using filtering your source water for makeup or what you mix with salt to do water changes?

Rafael