Tiny Worms

[Clownfish_Boy]

Way back in the day, my LFS had a colony of tiny pale filamentatious worms living in the substrate of a reef tank. I transplanted a good size culture of them into my FOWLR, and they propagated and heavily populated the substrate bed. I then introduced a Mandarin to the tank and it thrived on those worms. They were really tiny, maybe less than 1/16" long, and hardly any thicker than a hair. I would so love to find some of those worms today; is anyone here familiar with them ?

 

[TankCandy]

Hmm I think you are talking about Spaghetti worms.. The are super ugly and an eye sore but they are really beneficial. Usually thrives when over feeding occurs.

Not my pic and never seen one this large but i have some smaller ones. The bottom of their body borrows in the ground and only the spaghetti portion sticks out lol.

 

[dbowman5]

search for white worms to see if that is what you are talking about

 

[User1]

Hmm I think you are talking about Spaghetti worms.. The are super ugly and an eye sore but they are really beneficial. Usually thrives when over feeding occurs.

Not my pic and never seen one this large but i have some smaller ones. The bottom of their body borrows in the ground and only the spaghetti portion sticks out lol.

Those are spaghetti worms for sure Great part of the clean up crew as you said and a great indication of nutrients. Their population is directly related unless you have a predator of them. Not many of those either although my Copperband Butterfly made short work of them sadly

I had some that large. And so many that I would often find them floating around my water column...

 

[vetteguy53081]

+1 on spaghetti worms