worms?

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  1. erik

    erik Spaghetti Worm

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    i was looking for pods on the walls of my tank last night, and i noticed that there were little worms all over the walls of my tank. like EVERYWHERE. i saw way more worms than i did pods. they were about the same size of the pods, so i cant get a picture up, but they were white and stringy and really tiny. any guesses? :confused:
     
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  3. Clonefarmer

    Clonefarmer Millepora

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    erik Spaghetti Worm

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    neither, really. nothing at all like a spaghetti worm. i used to have a couple bristle worms, but i thought i had gotten rid of them all. bristle worms is more likely but the worms are too small for me to see the bristes
     
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    could be a form of flatworm, i had some, they didnt really seem to be bad, but they eventually died off on their own. they were like 2-5 mm in length
     
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    erik Spaghetti Worm

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    i want to say these are like half a millimeter. they are SO TINY. im lucky i noticed them at all... they are probably harmless, who knows how long they were in there before i noticed. still like to know what they are though...
     
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  9. SushiGirl

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    I have the same thing. They're not pods or any of the standard worms, and aren't flatworms either. They're just a tad longer than copepods and thin. I haven't identified them yet, either. I'm thinking they might be a Phylodocid based on very short description on Chuck's Addiction worm page (scroll down to the POLYCHAETE REPRODUCTION "The Swarmers" section, 1st pic on the left, 2nd row). Of course, I can't get a close enough look even with the magnifying glass to see if it has any of those features LOL.