Little white creatures!!!!!!

[Phatman]

I have had this bloom of these little white....... i wanna say algea sized creatures. i have never had these before. but they are the size of a pin head. they don't move and are very hard to brush of the glass. Anyone know what i am talking about?

 

[sunny_mittu]

you must be having rocks

they live in rocks ....

they come out into water stream when lookin for food

totaly harmless

live rocks insects

 

[Myteemouse]

hydroids

 

[Phatman]

Even though i haven't seen them move they just planted themselves on the glass

 

[abushr]

My friend is having the same issue. We asked the fish guy about it last night-took in a piece of decoration that had some on it too...he took a look and told us they are these little super tiny spiral tube feather dusters. I looked them up in my book....they only get to a max size of 6mm. They don't hurt anything. She didn't like them on her glass so she took a razor blade and scraped the sides of the tank. This worked really well in removing them.
When you look at the little white spots really close they start at a point in the center and make tight swirls around that center... obviously easier to see as they grow. Hope this helps!

 

[mcvicker]

It is hard to tell without a picture, but they could be snail eggs.

 

[gothunder3022]

Do they look anything like this:

 

[Phatman]

No they look like some body splattered whip cream or toothepaste. They are uniform in shape. i will try and get a good pick. But i am not afraid these will do harm its just they appeared in one day doubled the next and now they stopped multiplying.

 

[braddo]

If they are small, about 1/8" in size they could be snail eggs. Astrea snails leave small white, round, hard to scrape off eggs all over our glass and rocks.

 

[reefreefer]

yeah I was thinking it could be snail eggs

 

[Chichas01]

Would you say they are about the size and roughly the shape of a sesame seed? Maybe slightly rounder and grayish-white?

 

[TWallace]

If they are small, about 1/8" in size they could be snail eggs. Astrea snails leave small white, round, hard to scrape off eggs all over our glass and rocks.

While I think you're right in that they're snail eggs, I don't think astreas lay eggs. I'm pretty sure they broadcast spawn. Nerite snails are the ones that leave the annoying white things on the glass. Whether they're eggs or snail poop, I don't know, but it's definitely nerites that leave them.

 

[braddo]

Ah thats right, thanks for the correction on the snail eggs, Nerite it is. Chicas description of sesame seeds is also a good example.

 

[FreakinReefin]

If you look closely you can see him eh hem..."broadcast" himself...gross. My wife was thoroughly disgusted when I showed her this...and he's pissing off my Tyree.

 

[Phatman]

Yeah about the size and shape of Sesame seeds. If they are eggs Are they going to hatch? Or do they just die off?

 

[mojozen]

Do they look anything like this:

looks like snail eggs

 

[Phatman]

No they look like little drops of toothpaste on the glass when you accidently splatter the mirror. I have been continuously scraping them. If these snails don't start using protection i am shipping them away.

 

[Reefreak]

Nassarius snails will also lay eggs on the glass however, they are usually is a line or pattern of several. Have you looked in your tank in the middle of the night to see whats out and about? Still guessing its some kind of snail.

 

[Phatman]

Yeah they have to be snails. This is my second tank only been up for about 3months. Nothing out of the normal. until i put the snails if i remember right.

 

[Phatman]

Do they look anything like this:

awhile back you showed this pic. What are these? My other tank is full of them.