Green/Black striped object

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  1. BayTib13

    BayTib13 Plankton

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    After draining, moving, and refilling my aquarium about 2 weeks ago, I left the lights off for a week. Since turning the lights back on I have noticed a ton of small, less than 1/8 of an inch long, all over my sandbed. They look to be green with thin black stripes down the length of them. I have no clue as to what they are and google is failing me tonight. They're only on my sandbed however, and maybe a little ways under it from what I could tell at the glass. I know they're alive though because I've kept track with the ones that were under the sand and along the glass and they have dissapeared from where they were. They're not on any of my rocks or my zoa's from what I can tell, solely the sandbed.

    Any ideas? I apologize for not having photos. I will post some tomorrow as soon as I get a chance to snag a few pics.
     
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    rc_mcwaters3 Clown Trigger

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  3. BayTib13

    BayTib13 Plankton

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    They look almost like tiny tiny tiny cucumbers lol. But I don't see how on earth they would be, I'll be sure to take lots of pics tomorrow.
     
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  4. SushiGirl

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    Small what? LOL
    Snail-like? Worm-like?
     
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  5. 55gfowlr

    55gfowlr Zoanthid

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    If that's what those things are, then can you bag a few up and ship em my way? Those look AWESOME!!!!
     
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  7. BayTib13

    BayTib13 Plankton

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    Haha that would be awesome if that was what they looked like, but alas it's not. I was trying to get a picture of them but to no avail, they're too tiny for my cameras.

    They look almost worm like. It's just a tiny tiny tiny cylinder, with what looks to be green with white/black stripes running their length. They're about an 1/8 of an inch long and maybe 1mm in diameter.
     
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  8. heidimi

    heidimi Fire Shrimp

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    Might be one of those little sponges idk just a guess w/o a picture. Good luck!
    Heidi
     
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  9. Corailline

    Corailline Super Moderator

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    Take a scoop of them out of the water with a net or spoon, put them against a contrasting back round, like something white if they are dark, or dark if they are light and take a macro image please. (tupperware lids work good for this kind of thing).
     
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  10. Coastie Reefer

    Coastie Reefer Millepora

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    have a look here and tell us if anything looks like what you have

    Worm Hitch Hikers
     
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