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on the glass of my aquarium there are literally thousands of little tiny white shelled things that look like a nautilus shell. on some of the bigger ones i think i see little bristles coming out so i think there tube worms but i just want to be sure.

If they are circular in shape and about the size of a grain of sand, yes they are. They are not a problem and they come in to your tank with your live rock. Hope that helps

sounds like tubeworms!

Be careful when cleaning the glass as the tube worm shell can scratch the glass.

I need help on this subject to, I got live rock with a white tube with a red stuff popping out and when you make a sudden sound it retreads back in the tube.
Is this tubeworm/feather duster?
This is the first life sign I saw on my rock so I'm a little excited....

OCgatergal wrote:I need help on this subject to, I got live rock with a white tube with a red stuff popping out and when you make a sudden sound it retreads back in the tube.
Is this tubeworm/feather duster?
This is the first life sign I saw on my rock so I'm a little excited....

yeah that sounds sounds like a tube worm, that was also the first thing i saw on mine.