Yet Another Hitchhiker Question

[jva7304]

Tank has been cycling for about 2 1/2 weeks. I have started noticing these clear looking bugs with a brownish stripe down its back along with bunch of legs and also has antenna (feelers i guess). What are these creature and are they good or bad?

I also noticed a real small white worm in there yesterday. Basically solid white, slick looking about a little less than an inch. Anyone know what this is also?

I also have a little brown branch on the side of a rock. It almost looks like a feather duster as far as having a stem and branches off of that. But it does not retract in. I have had this new rock about 4 days and have not noticed until last nite. I rearranged the rock yeterday so i may have had it covered or somthing. But there was no way i could have missed it. It just popped up.

Then i am to believe that there are a lot of feather duster. They are real small and will retract in. I only bout 10 pounds of rock wich equalled about 4 pieces of rock to go along with the rock i already had that was basically just base rock. I have seen lots of them little bugs and only 1 of them worms. And have about 6 feather dusters. And just that one brown branch.

Can Anyone tell me if these things are good or bad?

Thanks All!

[hmello@bermexin]

Hard to tell can you get some pictures?

[wadewood]

Sounds normal to me. Don't over analyze every little thing you see in tank. I had tank established for over 9 years that still had things that came out that I have no idea they were there.

This site is great in helping ID those things:

http://melevsreef.com/id/

[kookerson]

another great worm ID site that someone gave me........ http://home2.pacific.net.ph/%7Esweetyummy42/hitchworms.html

HTH! : )