i've been slimed!!

[fishface]

egad! woke up this morning to find my tank had strands of sort of slime hanging (kinda like spiderwebs) all over the place. it's not cyno but i don't know what it is...anyone suggest what it may be?

darryl

[mpishi]

isn't it that snail stuff
i get a very webby tank when i feed it

[Invigor]

my clam excretes slimy stringy stuff every now and then... :|

[Murminator]

Have any wrasse's?

[fishface]

no clams no wrasses, no new livestock in the last few weeks in fact...would corals secrete that slime perhaps??

[Delphinus]

Does it look like this?

http://www.reefs.org/hhfaq/img/vermetid2.jpg

Vermetid gastropod or vermetid snail (stationary snail, looks a little like a tubeworm, sends out this spiderweb type netting to catch food).

If that's what you have ... Some say they're harmless, some say not. They are definitely a visual nuisance. I'm not so sure they're harmless, I find the webbing really irritates neighbouring SPS corals and eventually the corals recede a little. I try to let things be but every so often I have to pick out a few that get to be making a nuisance of themselves.

[fishface]

yup, looks the same. i pulled a little bit out that was very similar to raw egg whites :eek: anyhow... i'll keep an eye on it and thanks for the info.

darryl