red thread like TINY worms

[amcarrig]

White/cobwebby strands are usually produced by vermetid snails. Thin, reddish/orange/brown stringy strands are usually spaghetti worms. Peanut worms are as described above. All are great detritivores and beneficial in a reef tank.

[cuttingras]

Ok, I'm going with spaghetti worms! Awesome! I didn't think anything was growing other than the fish! So....these guys won't hurt my fish? That is totatly cool! I did find a VERY small, (what looks like) feather duster in one of the holes in my rock. Could these things have come from the new Hermit crab I introduced about 2 months ago? Other than him, the only new stuff put in has been water. I got an ro/di for my house and I can't wait to see the changes it will make!(when I can get hubby to hook it up).

[amcarrig]

Right, they won't hurt your fish or anything in your tank. Feather dusters can come in on just about anything including sand, rock, hermit crab shells, etc.

[Twan013]

oh hey! i have a question regarding worms that are similar to a peanut worm... i've got 2 that are very close together, then another one a few inches away... it seems as if they're planted in one spot, and come out only at night... they're white/transparent, and you can see a white spot coming out to the tip, then back in... and for their size (about the diameter of a toothpick), they can stretch out REALLY far... i watched mine for about an hour last night, with a mag lite with a red t-shirt stretched over it (to resemble "infrared")... the only thing that DID mind the light was my molly... it followed the light wherever it went...

[cuttingras]

Is this not the coolest thing you've ever seen? It's shot with a Nikon D50 18/55 lens with a Bower Macro V-37 ontop on the stock Nikon lens! I love it! The worm is just about 1/2 inch long.

[dlaclo]

i think it looks like a Hair worm from the Cirratulid species

[cuttingras]

WOOO HOOO I'm no longer Plankton!! <sorry had to add that>