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08-31-2006, 02:57 PM
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Shark
Join Date: Jun 2006
Location: Acworth, Ga
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little red threads
soo i dont know what these are, are they good or bad and should i get rid of them? i dont know hot to explain them other than little red threads in my sand bed, cause thats exactly what they look like... i'll try to get some pictures, but my camera sucks...
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08-31-2006, 03:05 PM
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Wannabeareefer
Join Date: Dec 2005
Location: Calgary, Canada
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Are they 1/4 or 1/2 inch long, with a real thin black line down the middle of them?
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08-31-2006, 03:12 PM
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Shark
Join Date: Jun 2006
Location: Acworth, Ga
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ummm maybe... i think i see a black line, but they are really thin so its kinda hard to tell
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08-31-2006, 04:27 PM
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Rogue Water is Trouble!
Join Date: Jul 2006
Location: Upstate, NY
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Do they branch out? I have a similar situation on my glass...I just figured it was an algae of some sort.
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08-31-2006, 04:33 PM
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Join Date: Dec 2005
Location: NW
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sounds like hair algae........
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08-31-2006, 04:35 PM
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Rogue Water is Trouble!
Join Date: Jul 2006
Location: Upstate, NY
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Mine are definately not hair algae...it looks like a vein on the glass...is this similar to what you have Lil?
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08-31-2006, 04:44 PM
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Shark
Join Date: Jun 2006
Location: Acworth, Ga
Posts: 344
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yeah, thats exactly like what i have
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08-31-2006, 04:45 PM
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ΤΏΤ
Join Date: Mar 2006
Location: Cottage Grove, Oregon
Posts: 834
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could be a few dif things possibly red spegetti worms if you look closely.
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08-31-2006, 04:47 PM
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Shark
Join Date: Jun 2006
Location: Acworth, Ga
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yeah, for the most part they are little red threads that move around, but on a few i can see a bigger "body type thing" where all the little ones are branching out from
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08-31-2006, 04:52 PM
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ΤΏΤ
Join Date: Mar 2006
Location: Cottage Grove, Oregon
Posts: 834
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spaghetti worm
http://www.susanscott.net/OceanWatch1998/jan19-98.html
I have seen them white and red. They are reef safe, but the fish will eat them.
Mine would get a couple inches long, than the fish would eat them.
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08-31-2006, 06:22 PM
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clown fishy
Join Date: Jul 2006
Location: sunny southern california
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i have one in my mini reef thats grey with irregular black stripes.
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09-01-2006, 07:07 AM
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Rogue Water is Trouble!
Join Date: Jul 2006
Location: Upstate, NY
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I am not sure if that is what I have or not...I have not seen the tentacles at all...
Mine is more like a vein....that seems to grow on the glass. It does branch out, but not necessarily from the end of the vein. It is pretty cool, but it just goes away when I clean my glass with my magnet.
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09-01-2006, 11:01 AM
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ΤΏΤ
Join Date: Mar 2006
Location: Cottage Grove, Oregon
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Ah, yes, the tank must be fairly new, I got some of those the second month my tank was setup, they look like blood running upthe glass, and it fans out. If thats what it is it will go away as the tank establishes more. If in fact your tank is only a few months old.
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09-01-2006, 11:15 AM
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Rogue Water is Trouble!
Join Date: Jul 2006
Location: Upstate, NY
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Mine is about 3 months old...any idea what it is/was?
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09-01-2006, 11:21 AM
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ΤΏΤ
Join Date: Mar 2006
Location: Cottage Grove, Oregon
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Algae of some sort. I used to think it was a type of coraline, but Im not sure.
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