Hello Everyone,
Here's the question...
I woke up this morning and noticed that I have thousands of black small worms. They look hair like and don't appear to be bristleworms. I took a bag of the to my LFS and they don't have any idea what they are. They are about 1/8 of an inch long or smaller. They are very skinny and fine like a peice of hair. No thicker. No legs... and move very slowly. All of them are black. At first, I thought they were debri until I saw them moving. They are not fish poop.
Here is some stats and history on my tank:
Tank has been cycled about 2 months. It's a new tank. Started with all base rock and seeded with a small 2lb live rock. I have a 100 gallon tank. Approx. 100Lbs of live rock. 80 - 100Lbs of live sand. 3 Chromis, 1 Diamond Goby, 1 Horse Shoe crab, 2 turbo snails and about 7 hermit crabs. Seen lots of Copepods in my tank. Have man grove and mermaid fan plant. We had a bloom of diatom algae and then recently had Cyanobacteria which we treated about 2 days ago. All my stats in the tank are good, 0 ammonia, 0 NitrItes, and about 5ppm NitrAtes.
Hope this give enough info. I include pictures. I really want to know what these are, are they harmful and if they are how do I get rid of them. I will try to upload better pictures later.
Thank you for your assistance!
Here's the question...
I woke up this morning and noticed that I have thousands of black small worms. They look hair like and don't appear to be bristleworms. I took a bag of the to my LFS and they don't have any idea what they are. They are about 1/8 of an inch long or smaller. They are very skinny and fine like a peice of hair. No thicker. No legs... and move very slowly. All of them are black. At first, I thought they were debri until I saw them moving. They are not fish poop.
Here is some stats and history on my tank:
Tank has been cycled about 2 months. It's a new tank. Started with all base rock and seeded with a small 2lb live rock. I have a 100 gallon tank. Approx. 100Lbs of live rock. 80 - 100Lbs of live sand. 3 Chromis, 1 Diamond Goby, 1 Horse Shoe crab, 2 turbo snails and about 7 hermit crabs. Seen lots of Copepods in my tank. Have man grove and mermaid fan plant. We had a bloom of diatom algae and then recently had Cyanobacteria which we treated about 2 days ago. All my stats in the tank are good, 0 ammonia, 0 NitrItes, and about 5ppm NitrAtes.
Hope this give enough info. I include pictures. I really want to know what these are, are they harmful and if they are how do I get rid of them. I will try to upload better pictures later.
Thank you for your assistance!