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Posted	What are they?
07-05-2006 12:46 by Kimberly	Last night we discovered lots of these things, they look a lot like slugs, 3-5 mm in length,whitish yellow in colour, a bit like half a loo brush. We have not added anything new to our tank for about 6/7 months. What are they and should we try and remove them. Tried to get a photo, but not easy as they are small.
07-05-2006 13:03 by kell	is it fresh water, could be some form of planaria, nothing much to worry about
07-05-2006 13:06 by Kimberly	No, marine, and they don,t come out just at night.Seem to be active in the day as well.
07-05-2006 13:33 by trickatech	sea slugs
07-05-2006 13:36 by Kimberly	thanks, I thought they were possibly sea slugs, but do I leave them in or remove them? and where the hell did they come from?
07-05-2006 14:13 by tommy	sea slugs are ok just as long as they do not die .. as they give out toxic stuff .. but if they are small nothing much to worry about .. thye come in the live rock
07-05-2006 14:33 by Kimberly	many thanks
07-05-2006 16:23 by trik	do they look like this
07-05-2006 17:54 by Kimberly	no, they look a little more like loo brush, with all the bristle things going the same way ie: front to back
07-05-2006 19:30 by trik	dont sound good can u only see them at night or wen lights are low . i will post another pic for u . regards richard
07-05-2006 19:41 by trik	like this but of white
07-05-2006 19:41 by Kimberly	thanks richard, I've been searching looking for pictures of sea slugs, I've found some with the right shape head and body but the tenticle things are a different colour,the really tiny ones in our tank are all whitish, and the slightly bigger ones have yellowish tenticle things, and they are active in day and when lights are out.
07-05-2006 19:46 by trik	if u look on ebay (my worst night mare at mo ) u will find the pocket expert guid of marine inverts and fish normal price £26.00 on ebay about £16.00 if u cant get one come back to me my local suplies me at trade i think i paid £18.00 .
07-05-2006 19:50 by trik	by the way that last pic aint no see slug it has the common name of a aquarium fire worm most will no it as bristle worm but there are many speices. they normally come out of live rock.
07-05-2006 19:51 by Kimberly	if you have time have a look at www.natureportfolio.com/inverts/gastropods_seaslugs.php its like the second picture down, but yellowish white, and shorter tenticles, but thanks for info on book I will have a look
07-05-2006 20:02 by trik	ok will have a look . but if u or any one else wants the book let me know its wat most the marine whole salers use .
07-05-2006 22:07 by tommy	THIS IS NOT A SEA SLUG !!!! THIS is a bristle worm great for the tank eats left over food
07-05-2006 22:07 by tommy	i have thousands in mine
08-05-2006 01:15 by drummerduck	You have thousands of bristle worm.....i'm a bit confused as they are commonly written about in books as a pest....? Aquamedic do a bristleworm trap for this reason. In the books they say the bristle worm will burrow through live rock into corals...... i get rid of them as soon as i see them.
08-05-2006 08:48 by Kimberly	do bristle worms climb the glass? from what I've read in books bristle worms seem to have loads of legs these things in our tank have no legs, bodies like slugs, they go up the glass in day light and at night
08-05-2006 09:31 by Kimberly	tried my best to get a photo, not very good, taken through a magnifying glass in a jug
08-05-2006 09:34 by Kimberly	another photo
08-05-2006 10:39 by billysfc	This is not a bristle worm, it looks like a sea slug to me. Check out this web site http://www.seaslugforum.net/ It might help. Most nudibranch are specialist feeders, and therefore if you can't provide the correct food, they will slowly starve to death. If these have been growing in the aquarium, then you have probably got a food source for them so that's good news. Some are algae eaters, which can only be a good thing. But keep an eye on wehere they are going as they might be eating something you don't want them to. There is a good article on nudibranch in the jan/feb issue of marine world magazine, issue no.27. www.marineworldmagazine.com
08-05-2006 10:43 by billysfc	This chap has had a problem with nudibranch http://www.nanoreef.co.uk/index.php/category/hitchhikers/
08-05-2006 12:16 by Kimberly	many thanks will check those web sites out

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