[AndreaM]

I just started putting kalkwasser into my tank a week ago, trying to grow some corraline in my LR. Within a couple of days I noticed little white worms had come outof my LR and they haven't moved. They look fuzzy with two antennas on top of their heads. They are making my rockwork look awful. Please help me, what are they and how do I get rid of them?

[carym]

A picture might help if you could get one.

[plecosword]

I have not heard of that, about how big are they? pics would be real helpful.

[anemone_head]

getting a boxer shrimp will help, they eat worms
or
shoo them off with a fan worm is always cheaper...

[rlcline76]

Doesn't sound like any worm I have seen in my tanks. Just thinking of things that have antennae...snails, slugs, pods.

Picture might help, assuming you can get a good picture.

[anemone_head]

might be a new race.. anyoning and puzzeling that you dont wnt cool lookin animals on your rock... why didnt you just get some plane ocean rock and paint it purple. Why dont you just go stamp on them?

[AndreaM]

What do copepods look like? Maybe that's what they are. It's funny because I've had these couple pieces of rock for about eight months and I have never had anything come out of them. They don't seem to harm anything and nothing eats them that I can tell. I do have hermits and snail and a couple of peppermint shrimp. Thanks for all your help everyone.

[ozzy_200769]

Sounds like pods to me, you want them....

[Gohn]

I can't help you without a picture but does not sound like anything I have seen. One can always blame water quality when there is a bloom I guess but with live rock one never knows what the ocean has in store for us in it's surprise packager we call LR. I have skinny thread like "worms" that pop out of the LR (always attached and pull back in when anything comes near. It seams that there is a different types of odd life form on ea. separate rock and they don't move. One side of a long dead looking solid rock sprouted whitish tiny to 1" thingys BUT only on 1 side and on another there are near clear whitish but short thingys that look like sponges but I have to take pictures. As for now they are not spreading, nothing is going after any of them and they are not bothering anything else. I enjoy watching the scene change daily and wait till I get help here to get smarter. Good luck with your mystery fuzzy antanae creatures. If they don't spread they sound as if I would like to have them around my reef. 1 person's trash is another's treasure I guess. Not spreading is the key though isn't it? Good luck Andrea!

[Lightsluvr]

Look up Tunicates


LL

[Gohn]

Originally Posted by Lightsluvr

Look up Tunicates


LL

Thanks - I'll look that up - appreciate the advice

[NATIVEVAMAN]

they are spionid worms and they are good.

[NATIVEVAMAN]

Xtalreef
Look at the 4th pic down from the top.

[Gohn]

Originally Posted by NATIVEVAMAN

they are spionid worms and they are good.

I believe you have correctly ID'd the spionid as the "worm" that Andrea asked about.
Since tunicates or sea squirts and copepods or little white bugs look different from Andrea's description - the spionid looks just as I pictured from her description. I'm not that smart - just followed the link. Thanks Dale. I'll be using that as a primary reference from now on.