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hurley009
05/08/2015, 10:49 AM
I'm guessing they are copepods or something. But I just really noticed them while looking at my tank while taking photos. Any idea?

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cloak
05/08/2015, 10:55 AM
Spionid worms.
hurley009
05/08/2015, 10:58 AM
How do I get rid of them? ... I did a freshwater dip.. and I now think my mushrooms are dyinghttp://images.tapatalk-cdn.com/15/05/08/1b0a34703aaf6662330a60c429775d7d.jpg
snulma1
05/08/2015, 11:04 AM
why get rid of them? They help clean the water column
username in use
05/08/2015, 11:05 AM
No need to get rid of them. They are part of the biodiversity in the reef.
hurley009
05/08/2015, 11:08 AM
I just did some quick research, I shall keep them. Always something new lol never fails
cloak
05/08/2015, 11:09 AM
I would leave them alone as well, but you could always try smothering them with some epoxy if you wanted to.. It would be like putting a piece of chewed gum over them.

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coralsnaked
05/08/2015, 11:10 AM
yes the mushrooms are really angry w/ you but I suspect they'll get over it in a bit after they finish throwing their tizzy. Really only safe to fresh water dip zoas and palys.
Nina51
05/08/2015, 11:10 AM
unless you have thousands upon thousands of them, enough to form a concrete sort of mat all over your rocks, they aren't harmful. they are filter feeders and probably quite beneficial to your tank. i have lots of them, mostly in my sump.
hurley009
05/08/2015, 11:14 AM
yes the mushrooms are really angry w/ you but I suspect they'll get over it in a bit after they finish throwing their tizzy. Really only safe to fresh water dip zoas and palys.
Yeah, they aren't happy at all. Still learning with the while dipping thing. I had to do it to my zoas because it had copepods on them and they were irritating the coral and it would never orb up! They are full bloom now! I just assumed it would work to. I dealt with dinos few months back... so I'm like very anal about what's in my tank.