green lookin worm

[botie]

i dont have a pic yet but i just setup my 75 gallon and i got some live rock and one piece has these little green lookin worms that are connected to the rock they are about 1inch long im woundering if they are good or bad the rock is cured

[pagojoe]

HMM, I'm just guessing without a pic, but... you say they are connected to the rock? Some nemertean worms are green, but the only thing I can think of that would be connected to the rock, and appear wormlike, is this:

http://joaofotos.planetaclix.pt/Julio/FJ28.jpg

Is that what it looks like?

Cheers,



Don

[Nemo 22]

i would say nuke the rock or you can just find out later on what it is.

[botie]

its looks like it pagojoe but its not white on the bottoms like ur pic

[pagojoe]

OK. That's Neomeris annulata, a fairly slow-growing species of calcareous algae. I don't know if some examples of this species, or even some related species, lack the white area at the base. Do yours move like worms, or are they stationary like some variety of algae might be?



Don

[botie]

they are staitionary

[pagojoe]

K, I guess I'll have to wait for a pic if and see if I can help you on it. It sounds like some form of algae though, and I'd guess it wouldn't be a problem in your tank. Then again, I'm a snail guy, not an algae expert, so I'll gladly defer to the algae specialists if one of them pops by.

Cheeeers,



Don

[botie]

thankxfor all your pagojoe im farly new to this whole thing learning as i go i love 3reef for info everybody on here is helpful