Tube Worm Outbreak

Brad · Joined: 16 Aug 2007 Posts: 7

I've noticed over the past 2 weeks about 50 tube worms appearing on the
glass and rocks. They are about 1mm in size and it looks like someone took
a handful and just threw them in splotches. Any thought good or bad on
this? Anything I need to be concerned about? How do worms reproduce and is
this something that is going to be a constant?

Thanks in advance,

Brad

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Bill · Joined: 16 Aug 2007 Posts: 21

Normal, they come an go, in mature tanks you don't see as many IME.

"Brad" wrote in message$Dr3.46300@fed1read02...
> I've noticed over the past 2 weeks about 50 tube worms appearing on the
> glass and rocks. They are about 1mm in size and it looks like someone
took
> a handful and just threw them in splotches. Any thought good or bad on
> this? Anything I need to be concerned about? How do worms reproduce and
is
> this something that is going to be a constant?
>
> Thanks in advance,
>
> Brad
>
>

Teeb · Joined: 16 Aug 2007 Posts: 37

I have to *ditto* this.. I was getting them all over, even the glass and was
worried they were going to take over. All of a sudden one day I realized I
had almost none.. there is one rock they still hang out on but it's just a
couple dozen or so. The tank was only a couple months old when I noticed
them and it was another 2 or 3 months later when I realized they were nearly
all gone. I used to just scrape them off the front of the tank, didn't
bother with trying to get rid of them anywhere else.

Teeb

"Bill" wrote in message$OE2.36750@news20.bellglobal.com...
> Normal, they come an go, in mature tanks you don't see as many IME.
>
> "Brad" wrote in message
> $Dr3.46300@fed1read02...
> > I've noticed over the past 2 weeks about 50 tube worms appearing on the
> > glass and rocks. They are about 1mm in size and it looks like someone
> took
> > a handful and just threw them in splotches. Any thought good or bad on
> > this? Anything I need to be concerned about? How do worms reproduce
and
> is
> > this something that is going to be a constant?
> >
> > Thanks in advance,
> >
> > Brad
> >
> >
>
>

DC · Joined: 16 Aug 2007 Posts: 3

i've had 1000s in my tank and they are harmless, would'nt know how to get
rid of them if they were harmful.
One down side i can think of is the calcium they consume

dave
"Bill" wrote in message$OE2.36750@news20.bellglobal.com...
> Normal, they come an go, in mature tanks you don't see as many IME.
>
> "Brad" wrote in message
> $Dr3.46300@fed1read02...
> > I've noticed over the past 2 weeks about 50 tube worms appearing on the
> > glass and rocks. They are about 1mm in size and it looks like someone
> took
> > a handful and just threw them in splotches. Any thought good or bad on
> > this? Anything I need to be concerned about? How do worms reproduce
and
> is
> > this something that is going to be a constant?
> >
> > Thanks in advance,
> >
> > Brad
> >
> >
>
>