[beckster306]

I currently have a 12 gallon tank and it has been up and running for 5 months i have 2 clowns and a blue damsal and i recently noticed these little white things emerging on my glass they are very small and kind of look like little spirals and can not figuir out what they are. i also have some liverock in there and that is all. any help i would really appreciate

[plecosword]

try looking at it very closely maybe turn off any flow and take a closer look, you might notice it wiggle like worms. i had that

[msbdiving]

Do they move or are they stationary? If they move copepods if they stay still I believe they are a type of worm. WetWebMedia has a section on IDing those things.

[plecosword]

they are super tiny and i had them im my 10g freshwater. I always thought it was good bacteria.

[beckster306]

they dont move once they are on the glass and are very hard to get off

[plecosword]

HUH, I JUST WHIPED THEM OFF easily. and they do wiggle. what are we talking about anyway!!!???!?!?!?!?!?!?

[beckster306]

no they are very hard and do not move they are little spirals. have to scrape them off

[plecosword]

then we are not talking about the same thing.

[Ganrin]

From Xtalreef

SPIRORBID WORMS
Little hard white spirals on your rock and glass causing confusion? When you look real close, do they have little feathers sticking out the end? Congrats, you got yourself some spirorbid worms. These little guys live in their calcareous shells and filter feed. They are harmless additions to your reef.


These guys arent much larger than a pinhead, small hard white spiral.

[mustangdonley]

Well I have the same exact thing on my 55 Gallon tank. When I ask my LFS what the where he said just a type of algae. But the only ones that I have ever messed with where the ones on my front glass as I dont clean my sides or my back glass. But yes when I had them on my front glass I had to scrape them it sounded kinda cool I will try and get a picture of them if I can and post so everyone knows what we are talking about. Hope this helps

[beckster306]

Thanks for the help guys that is indeed what they are after looking at some googled pictures. is there any way to get rid of them ?

[mustangdonley]

Just from what I have been told it is a normal thing? And that they dont cause any problems just scrape them off.

[rlcline76]

They won't hurt anything. They are filter feeders. They will come off easily with a good scrape.