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My salt water tank is new, about 4 months old now. It contains only live sand, live rock, green mac. 1 month ago, I introduced 2 Mexican Turbo Snails. Today, I noticed dots on the glass walls and rocks. The dots are about the size of a grain of sand. Do I have a problem and what shall I do?
 

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My salt water tank is new, about 4 months old now. It contains only live sand, live rock, green mac. 1 month ago, I introduced 2 Mexican Turbo Snails. Today, I noticed dots on the glass walls and rocks. The dots are about the size of a grain of sand. Do I have a problem and what shall I do?
Pictures under white lighting will be very helpful but suspicion is Spirobid worms which filter feed off algaes.
Does it look like these?

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My salt water tank is new, about 4 months old now. It contains only live sand, live rock, green mac. 1 month ago, I introduced 2 Mexican Turbo Snails. Today, I noticed dots on the glass walls and rocks. The dots are about the size of a grain of sand. Do I have a problem and what shall I do?
Welcome! Like mentioned above, pictures help. There is also a thread somewhere that lists the most common "critters" we find in our tanks. @Erin1971Texas probably has it on speed dial? Also, more information can be helpful. Do the dots move or are they stationary?
 

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Welcome! Like mentioned above, pictures help. There is also a thread somewhere that lists the most common "critters" we find in our tanks. @Erin1971Texas probably has it on speed dial? Also, more information can be helpful. Do the dots move or are they stationary?
Here is the aforementioned thread... https://www.reef2reef.com/threads/what-is-that-a-r2r-guide-to-common-new-tank-hitchhikers.443382/

@Sherrie , welcome!
As for what the "dots" are, without a photo it's impossible to guess, but I suspect they'll turn out to be a normal "bloom" of critters that occur in most new tanks.
 

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