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Hi i,m trying to figure out what these tube like critters are on a piece i got from Oceanic Corals there are 4 you should be able to see in the pics they release a type of web damndest thing i have seen yet.
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Vermetid snail. To get rid of it you have to break his cacoon and physically remove the body. They're not harmful but yes the web is ugly.

+1 I had one in my original 8 gallon nano, little bugger made a hell of a mess. I just pulled him out, lol I didnt actually know what it was though when I did so

Thanks for the quick replys and yes the web looks damn ugly sooo it,s time to do some snail snagging then.:razz:

I put reef safe super glue gel over mine, or epoxy. the gel works better though.

I was figuring on using my wifes knitting needle kinda stick it in and twirl the little buggers out.:twised:

haha. I do the same kind of thing with aiptasia, if they close when I got to "juice them" I stab the Sh*t out of them :mrgreen:

With aptasia that will make it worse for you. They release millions of little spores when you do that.

I got 3 peppermint shrimp since then no more aptasia they took care of all of them in about 2 days.

A needle most times don't work because the snail spirals it's shell, your needle won't make it through the first spiral, trust me I've tried... Just glue the opening or pull the rock out and break the shell off and shuck the sucker like oysters!

I had a couple in my tank awhile ago, i put some reef glue over top of the tube and they never came back.

thats what I was told, but this was a few months back when my tank was first cycling, havent had any since except one that came with a frag, but I think I got lucky cause I could have cause a huge problem, plus when I stabbed them they were closed up completely, but as said I think I just got some look

also I should say I literally stabbed the crap out of them, But I stabbed, the closed polyp once or twice injecting them in the process. but they way I said it makes it sound more EVIL :twised:

Thanks Tang Daddy pulled the piece out and yes they do spiral pretty good so it was needle nose pliers then just grab the little buggers and hopefully thats the end of it.:twised: