Hitchhiker problem

[kentucky boy]

Found some feather duster looking worms on some L.R. wife thought thy were cute. Now they are over growing my tank. Some are clear & the others are brown about 2 to 3 inches at the largest. What can I add to eat or kill some of these things.

 

[patandlace]

Sounds like aiptasia. Can you post pictures? If not do a search to compare a picture. If it is aiptasia peppermint shrimp eat them. You can also inject them with Joes Juice or boiling water.

 

[miaheatlvr]

Originally Posted by KENTUCKY BOY
Found some feather duster looking worms on some L.R. wife thought thy were cute. Now they are over growing my tank. Some are clear & the others are brown about 2 to 3 inches at the largest. What can I add to eat or kill some of these things.
They are harmless filter feeders and will in time control their own population by some "die off" and "Natural selection" I think they are quite attractive, why the need to get rid of?

 

[kentucky boy]

Thied to take a pic it didn't come out. I will do a search and let you know. Why because it's over growing all my L.R. & now growing on the glass

 

[kentucky boy]

Yeah that looks like them. So a pep. shrimp will do the job thanks

 

[mie]

Originally Posted by MiaHeatLvr
They are harmless filter feeders and will in time control their own population by some "die off" and "Natural selection" I think they are quite attractive, why the need to get rid of?
OK.... they will overrun your tank and are harmfull to nearby corals and can sting fish.

 

[miaheatlvr]

Originally Posted by mie
OK.... they will overrun your tank and are harmfull to nearby corals and can sting fish.
I was thinking he had mini-feather dusters.. Like he explained in the beginning..

 

[patandlace]

Originally Posted by KENTUCKY BOY
Yeah that looks like them. So a pep. shrimp will do the job thanks
They worked for me just give it time. I put 3 in my tank and it cleaned them all off of 130 lbs of live rock in a few weeks.

 

[kentucky boy]

Hey RED SOX boy what do you think about a Berghia Nudibranch?

 

[patandlace]

I've never used them or seen them in action. From what I understand they do a good job under the right conditions. I looked into them before but they seemed kind of high maintenance(They don't do good in high water flow,They have a lot of potential predators in reef tanks) and high priced. I went with the cheaper and seemingly easier solution.

 

[kentucky boy]

Sweet thanks 4 the info