Tightly coiled little white... worms? all over the glass

[muppet]

Anybody know what I'm talking about? Does anyone know what this is? I haven't got a photo right now as I'm at work, but the back glass of my aquarium is COVERED in little pod-sized white... spirals. They don't appear to be snails and they are either stationary or barely move.

[Toddrtrex]

The "shell" is white and the feathered head that comes out is red? (( might not always noticed the red head )). IMO/E, they are harmless little filter feeders.

[muppet]

If they are feather dusters, I've yet to see the "feathers". They do look like tightly coiled tube worms, but I haven't seen any "internals" at all.

[floydie83]

Yup I agree...they seem to love my back glass more than anything. I don't see them on the rock much.

[demonnite57]

Sounds like spirorbid worms. Harmless filter feeders.

[israel.kendall]

Most likely spirorbid worms. Google some pics to see if they match.

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[muppet]

That looks close but I think mine are slightly different. Will try to snap a pic later. Could be that's what they are but they seem to be coiled *slightly* more loosely than those pics, with a finer "tube".

[Korrine]

I think I have a photo. I'm sure I took the pic through a magnifying glass. They are a lot tinier than this. I did that with a few things in my tank.

http://i248.photobucket.com/albums/gg200/kj23502/sw%20tank/017-2.jpg

[muppet]

Yeah I think that's it. My eyesight must be worse than I knew, I can't see any feather duster heads on any of them at home.

[Korrine]

I'm sure I took this through my camera zoom and using a magnifying glass. Makes my little tiny scratch look HUGE! Get a magnifying glass and look at home. Sure helped that this guy was on the front glass :)

And my glass is dirty b/c I wanted a pic before I cleaned it off!

[Dwerbs]

yup feather dusters. always feel bad cleaning them off the front.