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Hyp81
11/02/2016, 06:15 PM
I was cleaning the front glass of my tank today and there were these very small, pinkish looking things on the glass. They looked almost like they had a whirl or star-shaped pattern to them. Kind of like these star-shaped snails I saw once... but these were really, really small, like the head of a pin, maybe, and they weren't moving. I've never seen them before. Any ideas?

joeybemate
11/02/2016, 06:23 PM
It could be anything from algae to baby snails. Have you got a picture?

Hyp81
11/02/2016, 06:28 PM
It could be anything from algae to baby snails. Have you got a picture?

I don't even know how I would take a picture. They are that tiny. I can try tomorrow.

Fiver
11/02/2016, 07:23 PM
Sounds like they could be spirorbid worms, which are harmless.

Ebone
11/02/2016, 07:33 PM
Sounds like they could be spirorbid worms, which are harmless.

what he said

Jeff4777
11/02/2016, 07:46 PM
Congratulations on your micro fauna!

Bishopsnet
11/02/2016, 07:55 PM
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devimik
11/02/2016, 07:59 PM
If they look like these, they're Spirorbis - and good.
http://www.lionfishlair.com/hitchhikers-guide/spirorbis/

Hyp81
11/03/2016, 07:02 PM
If they look like these, they're Spirorbis - and good.
http://www.lionfishlair.com/hitchhikers-guide/spirorbis/

That's them!!

So this is a good sign, then?

devimik
11/03/2016, 08:56 PM
Yes, one of the signs of a healthy system.