What are these small white snail type creatures..

[mkroher]

They are very small, and abundant. They look like a curled up centipede, and attached to the glass.
Does anything eat these?
Thanks

 

[katsafados]

They are okay to have. They are filter feeders. I have tons of them growing in my refugium, and some in my dt.
They appeared out of nowhere.
These right?
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[mkroher]

Yup those. Does anything eat them? It seems they are taking over the back of my tank wall. Sure, i can scrub them off.. but i'm just curious if anything in the food chain can benefit from these things.
Thanks for the reply.

 

[spanko]

If the picture is what you have they are spirorbids. Harmless filter feeders. They will come and go with available nutrients. I know of nothing that will eat them.

 

[katsafados]

No idea, I just let the ones in my tank grow. I took a rasor to some of them while I was cleanning algae off the glass, that worked well lol.
IMO they are filter feeders, so they are cleanning my water even more so I like them. But in my case I have way more in my refugium and only a little in my DT so they dont bother me.

 

[mkroher]

Thanks for the responses guys.
I will leave them be for now and let nature take it's course.