Vermetid snails... Everywhere
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MrX
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I have a bunch in my 120... can't say I've ever seen them in the sandbed, usually just on the rocks and the occassional frag plug/tile.
When I find them on a frag plug/tile I use a pair of needle-nose pliers and rip it off. I don't bother trying to seal all the tubes.
Other than them multiplying and possibly irritating corals (the line they send out) I don't think there is a real reason to get rid of them. Some posts I read mentioned lots of 'fishing lines' out at once in their tanks and it being unsightly, but I can't say I've seen that in my tank.
When I find them on a frag plug/tile I use a pair of needle-nose pliers and rip it off. I don't bother trying to seal all the tubes.
Other than them multiplying and possibly irritating corals (the line they send out) I don't think there is a real reason to get rid of them. Some posts I read mentioned lots of 'fishing lines' out at once in their tanks and it being unsightly, but I can't say I've seen that in my tank.
lex_lutha111384
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Hey Janet, how about some pictures of your tank. I was thinking of buying someone a 29 cube. Im curious to see how it looks
Turbosnail
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I would say what you are seeing in the sand bed is something else could you snap a pic?
I was thinking the same thing. There are a few different creatures that will grow in/on sand that might look similar, but IME vermitids are always attached to something more solid. Do the things you are talking about put out the typical vermitid feeding webs when the tank is fed?
Turbosnail
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Or even spaghetti worms maybe?
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janet29
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Yes! That's what they do it looks like a tube but if u touch it it just retracts into the sand and falls apart. Haven't seen them put out any mucus
Here is a pic kind of hard to see but it's right by that back shell in the middle of the photo
Here's a better pic online of what they look like when they are out
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janet29
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lex_lutha111384
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Cool. It looks bigger than I thought. Love the blue light. You have nice coraline growth. Looks good
higorc
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I never gave these guys a second thought, but now I am curious...
Is this what you guys r talking about?
A clear stringy looking thing coming out of the sand?
Or this spaguetti looking strings;
They don't seem to bother anything. But now I am wondering if I should be concerned...
Is this what you guys r talking about?
A clear stringy looking thing coming out of the sand?
Or this spaguetti looking strings;
They don't seem to bother anything. But now I am wondering if I should be concerned...
jselzler1
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higroc, I was talking vermetids, which you have red arrows pointing at. These have the mucous feeding strings which irritate some of my corals. I also have the spaghetti worms in your next picture - no problems with those.
Janet,
I have this thing too
and haven't seen anything bad out of it. Don't know what it is either.
Janet,
I have this thing too
and haven't seen anything bad out of it. Don't know what it is either.
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janet29
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Ok. Good... R they worms?
Sorry Janet. I didn't mean to hijack ur thread!
Haha no problem!
jselzler1
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I researched for a predator of vermetid snails and didn't find many success stories on the boards. I had 1 large Marco style rock covered in the things (~500?) and maybe 20 spread onto other rock-work. So I just re-did 1/2 my rockwork to remove this particular rock hosting them. Then scraped those I found from other rocks. Still afraid they will continue to reproduce and spread, but maybe with fewer numbers I can limit them.
