Friend or foe?
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Northstar24
The Tang Herder
Photos are blurry, but they look like vermatid snails to me, more of an annoyance than an actual problem. A dot of superglue on the opening to the tube will take care of them though
chichimom79
reef junkie
Kind of looks like spaghetti worms, but I didn't know they made a tube like that.
Salty B
Reefing newb
Looks like Chaetoplerids or spionid worms to me. Here is a picof one of mine to compare. If thats what you have, they're harmless.
Ted
Living one day at a time
I have those in my tank as well...a bunch of them
ErinCahir
Sausage Wrangler
Looks like Chaetoplerids or spionid worms to me. Here is a picof one of mine to compare. If thats what you have, they're harmless.
Spionid worms are the ones that make the little swirly casings on your glass. That looks like a spaghetti worm to me. :)
Salty B
Reefing newb
The ones that make swirlys on the glass are spirorbids.
Bifferwine
I am a girl
Salty is correct.
FishyReef
Broke Reefer!
Do spaghetti worms sting corals? I've got these things all over the sand in my 10g and have had a hell of a time with my corals in that tank. Noticed a few of these critters are pretty close to the places where my brain has been losing tissue and wondered if they are the culprit?
Bifferwine
I am a girl
They don't sting corals. They can be harmful if they become too abundant and irritate the corals. You especially see this with zoas. Sometimes you'll get a ton of spaghetti worms in between the polyps, and since the worms are always out, they keep the polyps closed up.
ErinCahir
Sausage Wrangler
Balls. They both start off spelled the same way. I get them confused.
