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  1. starfish2217

    starfish2217 Horrid Stonefish

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    These little things grow on my back wall they develop slowly.. sorry the pics are so blurry they are really small about the size of a bee bee, I couldn't find my digital camera so these are just cell pics. you can see them growing on the lines in the filter I pulled some off and this is the basic shape.
     

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  3. Seano Hermano

    Seano Hermano Giant Squid

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    um...looks like algae to me? The pictures are really unclear, so it's hard to say anything for sure.
     
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    2in10 Super Moderator

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    The white dots look like spirorbid snails, safe to have. The second and third pics look like vermitid snails again safe.
     
  5. starfish2217

    starfish2217 Horrid Stonefish

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    they are so small its hard to get a picture of. They do disperse some stuff when I get water changes I was thinking some type of worm. I know the white ones are okay Its the little pink swirls.. they look like a pile of poo lol with a stick in it. thats how they form... so weird.
     
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    They are OK, their feeding streamers can irritate corals if the is large enough. I leave the ones that are 1/16" in diameter alone unless they are bothering. The larger ones go.
     
  7. starfish2217

    starfish2217 Horrid Stonefish

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    okay! good. I haven't had any big ones. I'll keep that in mind glad they are okay to have, they haven't been bothering anything I was just curious.
     
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  9. Seano Hermano

    Seano Hermano Giant Squid

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    Oh..you were referring to the white dots...yeah, nerrite snail eggs. I thought you meant the stuff on the filter intake.
     
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    starfish2217 Horrid Stonefish

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    No I was. Not the white dots...
     
  11. Seano Hermano

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    hmm..I'm not sure then. :-/
     
  12. starfish2217

    starfish2217 Horrid Stonefish

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    I think 2in10 got it!!