Tubes in the tank?

[sutton6989]

hey guys theres white/clear tube looking things all over my rock i cant really get a pic for you but there not living it doesnt seem but then i look in another week and it seems to grow? any idea what this is

 

[Renato]

Without a pic it will be hard to tell...

 

[stingythingy45]

Vermitid snails.

 

[Jocko]

My vermitid snails have orange shells. I really hate those buggers. Heh.

Sutton, what's the approximate size of these guys? Are they hard? Mushy? Anything like that could help.

 

[mordibv]

Aren't those the buggers that secrete a mucus covering a coral nearby and consuming it ?

 

[omarkattan]

does it look like this ?
pineapple sponge

 

[Mr.Rodrigo502]

hey thats spongebob's squarepants house! lol................jk ....so im guessing its good for ur tank?

 

[dp28688]

i have something like that, some kinda tube sponge thats white. so could be it. http://www.easterncapescubadiving.co.za/index.php?page_name=specie&specie_id=51

 

[omarkattan]

ya they grow in low light areas under my rock as well

 

[Jocko]

Aren't those the buggers that secrete a mucus covering a coral nearby and consuming it ?

Nah they just send out feeder strands to catch stuff out of the water. The strands can be annoying when you get a group of them, but they aren't like a hydnophora or something like that. That would suck. Heh.

 

[inverted]

Usually vermatid "tubes" aren't white though. Or did you mean the webs? Could be spaghetti worms. Tough to say without a pic though.

 

[sutton6989]

in between my star polyps mat theres white tube like things. mayb sponges. ive never seen any sweepers come out or anything so i dont kno


theres also clear tubes on a couple rocks. kinda like spikes everywhere??


sorry it took so long for photos ive been crazy busy at work

 

[stingythingy45]

That appears to be sponges.

 

[sutton6989]

is there anyway to get them out or are they bad?

 

[stingythingy45]

They're fine,it means the parameters are good in your tank.

 

[sutton6989]

awesome thank you