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rangerdave1
July 30th, 2005, 12:19 AM
I have these little things in my tank and i don't know what they are. they seem to appear all over the rocks and have long tentacles that get keep getting caught on my corals. does anybody know what they are? and how would get them off the rocks? will they keep growing even if i cut them off?

any info will be great! thanks, Dave
Sydney
July 30th, 2005, 02:02 AM
very hard to tell what it is. Can you post a better pic? Hopefully it's not aptasia, but if it is, Joe's Juice will get rid of them. Try posting a better pic.
alex9421
July 30th, 2005, 04:33 PM
They are a type of snail. I believe they are vermetid snails, which are harmless, thats a mucous they excrete to catch particles. It could also be a spaghetti worm as a #2 guess.
rangerdave1
July 30th, 2005, 05:02 PM
it looks more like a worm of some sort. I'm just affraid that my tank will end up covered with them... they don't seem to harm anything so i'm not too worried about that but they kinda look ugly...

thanks for the input!
rottn
July 30th, 2005, 08:32 PM
They are a type of snail. I believe they are vermetid snails, which are harmless, thats a mucous they excrete to catch particles.

That's exactly what I was thinking, just couldn't remember the name.

Dave, vermetid snails are a type of sessile snail that lives in a tube. They do look like a worm! :)

They throw out string-like projections to catch food with.

Try doing a search on vermetid snails... I'll bet that's what you've got there.

Let us know what you find out! :)
rangerdave1
July 31st, 2005, 09:46 PM
Well, i looked up some info on the vermetid snails and i think that's what mine are... I would of never thought a snail could of looked like that! They can even live on crab shells and all sorts of places. thanks alot for helping me find out what they are.


Dave
rangerdave1
July 31st, 2005, 09:50 PM
Well, i looked up some info on the vermetid snails and i think that's what mine are... I would of never thought a snail could of looked like that! They can even live on crab shells and all sorts of places. apparently, they reproduce like crazy and can cause lots of problems cause they plug up plumbing and pumps... they need to be removed by hand cause i guess there's nothing known that will kill them. thanks alot for helping me find out what they are.


http://www.reef-aquarium.net/resources/livestock/critters/snails.html
http://www.reefkeeping.com/issues/2005-01/rs/
http://www.reefs.org/library/aquarium_net/0897/0897_8.html


Dave