What is this?

FishKid · 03-12-2002, 08:39 PM

* It looks like an ant hill (its against the glass so i can see it looks like a burrow)

* I cant see anything that lives in it

* Once or Twice a day a puff of sand/detrious is ejected from the mouth of the hole

what is it? I noticed it a few weeks ago, and doesnt seem to be bad whatever it is... is it the product of oxygenation within the sandbed?

mark

mortman · 03-12-2002, 09:33 PM

It might be a small sandcrab fishkid. I have one in my tank
and it does something similar. Try sneaking up on it.

Mortman

eses · 03-12-2002, 10:34 PM

Does the "burrow" look like something a worm would inhabit, or is it dug out? I've got several of these ant hill looking things in my sand bed that are from clear worms; and they do the exact thing you are describing.

FishKid · 03-13-2002, 04:40 PM

it looks like a worm hole... it scared me when i saw the sand squirting out, but why does it inhabit the one small hole.

mark

eses · 03-13-2002, 10:28 PM

Because it is probably a small worm.

I do not know what kind of worm it is, but it is probably okay and you will probably get more of them. You may not be seeing much of it as it could be actually entering from a side you can't see at a 90 degree angle. I have several like this in my tank, and I've found them so far to be beneficial.

Keep an eye out, you may end up seeing it. It could be like the thin clear worms that I've found to be really good at keeping the sand bed clean.

03-12-2002, 08:39 PM	#1
FishKid Governor Join Date: Aug 2000 Location: Holbrook, NewYork, USA Posts: 1,799	What is this? * It looks like an ant hill (its against the glass so i can see it looks like a burrow) * I cant see anything that lives in it * Once or Twice a day a puff of sand/detrious is ejected from the mouth of the hole what is it? I noticed it a few weeks ago, and doesnt seem to be bad whatever it is... is it the product of oxygenation within the sandbed? mark

03-12-2002, 09:33 PM	#2
mortman Just Moved In Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: Northeast, MD. Posts: 36	It might be a small sandcrab fishkid. I have one in my tank and it does something similar. Try sneaking up on it. Mortman __________________ " If he claims to be a wise man, then he surely does not know"

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03-12-2002, 10:34 PM	#3
eses Council Join Date: Nov 2000 Location: Seattle Posts: 270	Does the "burrow" look like something a worm would inhabit, or is it dug out? I've got several of these ant hill looking things in my sand bed that are from clear worms; and they do the exact thing you are describing.

03-13-2002, 04:40 PM	#4
FishKid Governor Join Date: Aug 2000 Location: Holbrook, NewYork, USA Posts: 1,799	it looks like a worm hole... it scared me when i saw the sand squirting out, but why does it inhabit the one small hole. mark

03-13-2002, 10:28 PM	#5
eses Council Join Date: Nov 2000 Location: Seattle Posts: 270	Because it is probably a small worm. I do not know what kind of worm it is, but it is probably okay and you will probably get more of them. You may not be seeing much of it as it could be actually entering from a side you can't see at a 90 degree angle. I have several like this in my tank, and I've found them so far to be beneficial. Keep an eye out, you may end up seeing it. It could be like the thin clear worms that I've found to be really good at keeping the sand bed clean.

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