Howdy all, I got some free chaeto from a store that I've frequented a couple of times now, good frags, good prices, but I knew I'd have to inspect it pretty thoroughly for bad hitchhikers and I'm still considering buying clean chaeto to set up my little in tank refugium.
Well there are several of these little fan worms, but the only fan worms I can seem to find reference to all have hard shells - these are just sort of curled and wiggling about in the chaeto ball. The ball looks pretty clean, and I'm mostly concerned about aptasia, but these little wigglers seem to be the most prevalent critter I've caught sight of so far. There's a few other things attached to the chaeto that I'm working to video/photo and ID.
Is it worth it to simply purchase clean chaeto? I'm 100% down for that but it feels bad to dump this well-meaning gift.
Well there are several of these little fan worms, but the only fan worms I can seem to find reference to all have hard shells - these are just sort of curled and wiggling about in the chaeto ball. The ball looks pretty clean, and I'm mostly concerned about aptasia, but these little wigglers seem to be the most prevalent critter I've caught sight of so far. There's a few other things attached to the chaeto that I'm working to video/photo and ID.
Is it worth it to simply purchase clean chaeto? I'm 100% down for that but it feels bad to dump this well-meaning gift.