These worms really creep me out but they are harmless detrivours that are beneficial to your reef aquarium. These can sometimes have an orange tint to them.
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Video of a Spaghetti Worm
August 11th, 2008 · No Comments
Tags: Marine Worm · Marine reef aquarium · Reef · Reef Aquaria · Saltwater · Saltwater reef aquarium · Video of a Spaghetti worm · detrivores · reefkeeping
Black saltwater snails In the marine reef aquarium
May 12th, 2008 · No Comments
Many people are used to seeing grey/silver snails in the marine reef aquarium but are not used to seeing black saltwater snails in there tanks. Reef aquariums with live rock can sometimes have a whole slew of hitchhikers in them. Sometimes they are not seen for the first few weeks but they eventually come out, especially […]
Tags: Marine reef aquarium · Reef · Reef Aquaria · aquarium · detrivores · reefkeeping · snails
Detritus in the reef aquarium
May 9th, 2008 · 7 Comments
I recently answered a question through a pm on an online reef hobby forum about detritus control. This is a rather complex subject because the amount of detritus in marine reef aquariums vary from tank to tank. Detritus is an issue that every aquarium owner has to deal with from time to time, In order to […]
Tags: detritus · detrivores · reefkeeping