ihateSpirorbids
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I have these tiny black worms that are starting to infest my tank. From other threads, it looks like some kind of polychaetae worm.
However, none of these threads was able to identify precisely what it is:
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But they are for sure NOT flatworms judging from the pics.
Everyone says a wrasse will eat "worms", but a lot of threads actually mean flatworms since flatworms are a common pest in the reef aquarium. So I'm a little unsure if a wrasse is the best solution for this. However, I'm willing to try and if anyone has good experiences with wrasses with these types of worms, please share your experiences. If I need a wrasse, which would be best and also budget friendly? It would have to be a peaceful wrasse since I have a very small goby, a hermit crab, and a few bumble bee snails. My tank is 29 gallons.
Some possible ones I researched:
From the list above, the best one seems to be the pink streak wrasse. However does anyone know if they will ferociously eat these types of worms? They seem super finiky with the types of worms they eat from various threads I've read.
Six line wrasse would probably be a good bet, but they get too aggressive and I am afraid it will kill my goby and potentially any other fish I add in the future to the 29G.
Any advice appreciated!!
However, none of these threads was able to identify precisely what it is:
Small black hair like worms
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...
www.reef2reef.com
Little tiny black worms on rocks and substrate,good,bad or neutral?
Hi i hope for the love of god this link works and everyobe can see it. I bought a largish gsp frag the other week and presume came on that with lots other stuff even though dipped. There tiny like few mm long and act like worms lifting front part body up then back part body lifts up then front...
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HELP! Hundres of tiny black worms!
I noticed tonight in my 20H hundreds of tiny black worms most about 1 cm in length that appear to be coming up from the sand bed and crawling up on the rocks and crawling around on zoa frags. Specs as of last night Amonia, Nitrites, Nitrates all at 0 PH: 8.4 Temp 80 Ligthts: 8 hours Sunpod 25 lbs...
www.nano-reef.com
little black worms
I have my tank running for 3 months now. Reef saver rock live Fiji pink sand. I just added CUC of crabs after 1 month quarantine. I have noticed black string like worms all over my rocks only. It might be hard to ID them because it’s to early and they are still young like my tank. If someone can...
www.reef2reef.com
But they are for sure NOT flatworms judging from the pics.
Everyone says a wrasse will eat "worms", but a lot of threads actually mean flatworms since flatworms are a common pest in the reef aquarium. So I'm a little unsure if a wrasse is the best solution for this. However, I'm willing to try and if anyone has good experiences with wrasses with these types of worms, please share your experiences. If I need a wrasse, which would be best and also budget friendly? It would have to be a peaceful wrasse since I have a very small goby, a hermit crab, and a few bumble bee snails. My tank is 29 gallons.
Some possible ones I researched:
- Six lined wrasse - BUT they are aggressive. Not sure if my goby will survive.
- Pink Streaked wrasse - leaning towards this one. They are relatively peaceful
- Leopard Wrasse - too difficult, expert only
- Melanurus Wrasse - too aggressive
- Yellow coris wrasse - will grow too large for 29G
- Cleaner wrasse - too difficult in terms of feeding in the long term.
From the list above, the best one seems to be the pink streak wrasse. However does anyone know if they will ferociously eat these types of worms? They seem super finiky with the types of worms they eat from various threads I've read.
Six line wrasse would probably be a good bet, but they get too aggressive and I am afraid it will kill my goby and potentially any other fish I add in the future to the 29G.
Any advice appreciated!!
