Whats in my sump???

[c_bell]

I have a bunch of rice looking creatures in my sump. All over my heaters and the small pieces of LR rubble tht i have at the bottom of my sump. All of them are about the size of a grain of rice but fatter. Are these pods???
Also inside the tank on the glass I have a bunch of hard spiral looking white things, they are really tiny and seem to group in different places on the glass. I scrap them off every now and then, what are they???

 

[c_bell]

hmmm the spiral worm doesnt look like that unless that pic is magnafied. but thay are real hard almost like coralline algea and I have to scrap them off. Now the pic of the pod I dont see any ant. on mine the look the same both front and back, like they have no head. and the body isn't clear like in the pic, its like and off white/tan color.

 

[firefishspike]

are you sure that's not mutated rice, after all............. hmmm.........

 

[c_bell]

Thanks Kip
I'm sure its a pod of some sort, I'll try to post a pic of it later my dig cam isn't the best.

 

[doodle1800]

I'm breaking down my 10 and have the same thing - rice looking "things" attached to my LR and hard spiral looking white wormy shaped "things" all over the place. Neither one moves -almost like a growth of some sorts... also tiny white very hard dots all over...

 

[krishj39]

the "rice" could also be a kind of sponge, I'm thinking q-tip (aka pineapple sponge). they are also white and a little fatter than rice. does the rice move around? if it doesn't have legs then my bet is that it is q-tip sponge, very common, especially in sumps where there is lower light and nothing to eat them.

 

[doodle1800]

Thats what they look like - q tip sponges...
What will eat them?

 

[krishj39]

I don't know what eats them, except that I have none in my display tank, which most likely means something is eating them. I have a flame angel, he's my best guess, but just about any crab or shrimp could have aquired a taste for them too. You don't need to get rid of your though, they are totally harmless and add a small bit of diversity to the tank.