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fishface 06-19-2005 05:09 PM

i've been slimed!!
 
egad! woke up this morning to find my tank had strands of sort of slime hanging (kinda like spiderwebs) all over the place. it's not cyno but i don't know what it is...anyone suggest what it may be?

darryl

mpishi 06-19-2005 08:23 PM

isn't it that snail stuff
i get a very webby tank when i feed it

Invigor 06-19-2005 08:28 PM

my clam excretes slimy stringy stuff every now and then... :|

Murminator 06-19-2005 09:45 PM

Have any wrasse's?

fishface 06-19-2005 11:20 PM

no clams no wrasses, no new livestock in the last few weeks in fact...would corals secrete that slime perhaps??

Delphinus 06-20-2005 06:17 AM

Does it look like this?

http://www.reefs.org/hhfaq/img/vermetid2.jpg

Vermetid gastropod or vermetid snail (stationary snail, looks a little like a tubeworm, sends out this spiderweb type netting to catch food).

If that's what you have ... Some say they're harmless, some say not. They are definitely a visual nuisance. I'm not so sure they're harmless, I find the webbing really irritates neighbouring SPS corals and eventually the corals recede a little. I try to let things be but every so often I have to pick out a few that get to be making a nuisance of themselves.

fishface 06-20-2005 06:20 AM

yup, looks the same. i pulled a little bit out that was very similar to raw egg whites :eek: anyhow... i'll keep an eye on it and thanks for the info.

darryl


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