Strange White Donut

[aaronjf]

Can someone identify this for me please. The live rock and back panel of my tank are now covered in these with donut shaped critters. They started appearing a month ago and have been growing in numbers rather quickly.
This is in a 1 year old BioCube 14 - saltwater.

 

[tonynader]

ya i got the same thing but only on the back wall. no idea what it is. i doubt they are harmful though

 

[meowzer]

Does it look like either of these
The first pic is a collonista.....good snail
Attachment 230591
The second in a sundial...bad snail
Attachment 230592

 

[tonynader]

mine are just small white dots on the back wall. so maybe thats not that same issue

 

[meowzer]

Originally Posted by tonynader
http:///forum/post/3122025
mine are just small white dots on the back wall. so maybe thats not that same issue
I bet yours are eggs then
Attachment 230596

 

[cranberry]

Their spirorbids. Harmless but can be prolific.

 

[aaronjf]

meowzer, no they are much much smaller.
tonynader, they look kind of like that. However, I found one on the glass and whatever is inside it looks like a coiled worm. From the outside they are have a depression or hole in the center.
Originally Posted by Cranberry
http:///forum/post/3122041
Their spirorbids. Harmless but can be prolific.
Yeah, that might be it.

 

[meowzer]

Originally Posted by Cranberry
http:///forum/post/3122041
Their spirorbids. Harmless but can be prolific.
Cranberry, you need to add this to your Lionfish lair

I use that all the time...

 

[cranberry]

It's there... but I don't have the part done yet where it opens up into more and different pictures.
Here's a bunch of them.

Maybe I should use this picture instead of the close up in the guide?

 

[meowzer]

Originally Posted by Cranberry
http:///forum/post/3122054
It's there... but I don't have the part done yet where it opens up into more and different pictures.
I'll have to look again...did you see my hitchhiker I.D. request

 

[cranberry]

I edited my post saying maybe I need to change out the photo to the one above.
Didn't see your... will have to go look.

 

[meowzer]

NVM....LOL...it's under featherdusters

 

[cranberry]

9 up from the bottom.

 

[tonynader]

should i try to get rid of all these? or they arent harmful?

 

[meowzer]

Originally Posted by tonynader
http:///forum/post/3122071
should i try to get rid of all these? or they arent harmful?
If you are talking about eggs....leave them
if you are talking something else....well...then..IDK what you are talking about

 

[cranberry]

I wouldn't touch them. When I do pump and filter maintenance I just scrape them off.

 

[tonynader]

well mine are super small and looks to have no real shape. just flat looking...i dont know if they could be eggs or i have like 200 eggs ha cuz there are so many on the back wall.

 

[cranberry]

I can totally pick out their shape in your pic..... they are spirorbids.

 

[sk101400]

Originally Posted by Cranberry
http:///forum/post/3122054
It's there... but I don't have the part done yet where it opens up into more and different pictures.
Here's a bunch of them.

Maybe I should use this picture instead of the close up in the guide?
what is that stuff? i have it do i need to get rid of it?

 

[cranberry]

Their spirorbids. Harmless, but can be prolific. I wouldn't touch them. When I do pump and filter maintenance I just scrape them off.