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Yup, and to clarify, they are harmless filter feeders.They sure do look like spirorbid worms
I get it. I actually thought about just letting everything roll but for right now. I’m kind of enjoying a mainly ”pest” free tank. Shiny and new. My baby. Plus it’s an only 13 gallons (Fluval) and I feel like if things started going bad it wouldn’t take long to get out of hand. Anyway, I am absorbing all this information and filing it away.Spirobid worms. Harmless filter-feeders, essentially impossible to keep out of your tank by any reasonable means. They generally grow on the undersides of things, and on surfaces (like frag racks) that lack any algae or other competition, and can be scraped off relatively easily if you want them gone from a particular patch.
Generally the people who object to them are the people who are trying for their personal image of absolute perfection, and/or those who don't like the inherent messiness common to nature.
I started out trying to clean it right after I posted but it was kind of hopeless. A couple little leaves broke off that were clean and I dropped them in my tank. I figure I’ll get stuff I don’t want. I’ve got green bubble algae and some monster bristle worms. I knew I had one but now he’s at least 4 of himself - one is thin but long and one is thick and has to be at least 10 inches. I took a video and made a post but it’s hard to see because I had to keep it dark. Anyway, checked this morning and noticed a few little spirobids on my rock. Nature wins. Sigh…You could always pick off some relatively clean blades of macroalgae and peel the worms off. They shouldn't be fastened on /that/ tightly.
(I would also fully expect them to get into your tank at some point anyway.)
You know I have to admit that those dang ramshorns really do a great job of keeping the tank clean but man they multiply SO fast. I should offer them to someone local who has a puffer.Agree nothing to worry about.
On the ramshorn topic. I breed them on purpose. I have a Fahaka puffer that I feed them to. I feed those snail the good stuff and lots of it lol. I really think ramshorns are great, if there is extra food or algae they do tend to multiply quickly. No where near as bad as the mts those are terrible. My Fahaka wont touch them. Even loaches known to eat snails wont eat them at least not fast enough.
Before I started breeding them id pay for them. It was nice when I could get them for free from people but people local stopped having them and lfs started charging for them. I went to a fish swap purchased 200 for like $10 and started breeding from there. They are super easy to breed. I tried mystery snails and giant ramshorns too. They breed to slow.You know I have to admit that those dang ramshorns really do a great job of keeping the tank clean but man they multiply SO fast. I should offer them to someone local who has a puffer.