what is this stuff??????

[ivegotcrabs]

ive got this stringy spider web looking stuff in my tank
its all over my rocks and some floats around


i dont have a way to take pics at the moment but i will try to post some tomorrow

 

[smoothie]

Are they coming out of hard tube shells? If so vermatids

 

[ivegotcrabs]

no tubes just cobwebs every where

 

[smoothie]

Are they coming from any certain hole or opening? Can you get a pic?
The overfeeding comment---vermatids extend their mucus line to catch food in the water column

 

[ivegotcrabs]

Smoothie;550351 wrote: Are they coming from any certain hole or opening? Can you get a pic?
The overfeeding comment---vermatids extend their mucus line to catch food in the water column

not that i can tell
ill try tomorrow when the lights come on (pics)

 

[gnashty]

are you dosing vitamin C?

 

[ivegotcrabs]

nope just calcium

 

[ivegotcrabs]

i just found like 15 vermatids tubes what do i do

 

[mockery]

gnashty;550364 wrote: are you dosing vitamin C?

Gary, why would vitamin C cause this?

 

[ivegotcrabs]

i broke them off but couldnt catch em
will they come back

 

[smoothie]

Yep. If you can fit a syringe in them then nuke them. If not the just remove the rock if you can. I have heard of people super glueing the hole shut.

 

[cr500_af]

Smoothie;550441 wrote: I have heard of people super glueing the hole shut.

I've only had one (which arrived on a frag plug from some kind soul). That's what I did, and it was history. The zoas grew over the tube after a while.

 

[schwaggs]

Why nuke them? They are harmless in my experience.

 

[ivegotcrabs]

Schwaggs;550446 wrote: Why nuke them? They are harmless in my experience.

the webs cover all my rock
looks terrible

 

[smoothie]

Schwaggs;550446 wrote: Why nuke them? They are harmless in my experience.

They are. Just irretating to nearby coral, your eyes and the fish the web gets on. You could use them as a sign of to much organics in the water column. It takes awhile but better flow and water quality can thin them out and keep them under control

 

[gnashty]

Mockery;550432 wrote: Gary, why would vitamin C cause this?

some ppl over on RC reported (in the Vit C thread) white stringy stuff and cloudy tanks during their dosing period

 

[mockery]

gnashty;550513 wrote: some ppl over on RC reported (in the Vit C thread) white stringy stuff and cloudy tanks during their dosing period

Interesting. I'll have to go read that.

 

[Jaycen B.]

Smoothie;550449 wrote: They are. Just irretating to nearby coral, your eyes and the fish the web gets on. You could use them as a sign of to much organics in the water column. It takes awhile but better flow and water quality can thin them out and keep them under control

<span style="font-family: Arial"><span style="font-size: 13px">Yea that. </span></span>