Anything I should remove on this live rock?

[seaofbytes]

Specifically wondering about the red wormy thing and zoa looking thing.

Thanks!

 

[HuduVudu]

That's a serplid worm ... it's good.

They fish for stuff in the water column by reeling out a line of sticky stuff that catches things. Then they reel it back in and eat it.

 

[shakacuz]

That's a serplid worm ... it's good.

They fish for stuff in the water column by reeling out a line of sticky stuff that catches things. Then they reel it back in and eat it.

but can spread to unlikable numbers. this is actually a vermetid snail/worm. i’d say to crush it/scrape it off

 

[spsick]

Having a tank infested with these (vermatid snails) I’ll say no single piece of rock is worth to me and would be dried out and cleaned before it went in a new system of mine.
These things burrow into every coral and throw out webs that irritate the corals not to mention taking away whatever particulates they are filtering from other livestock.

 

[spsick]

That's a serplid worm ... it's good.

They fish for stuff in the water column by reeling out a line of sticky stuff that catches things. Then they reel it back in and eat it.

Please cite your source on this info.

 

[HuduVudu]

This is really bad information for any new reefer.

Because you are the expert?

Why would you post this comment?

I have had these in my tank for 20 years ... they are never a problem. They pull stuff out of the water column and provide a biodiversity for the tank, and provide a clean up function.

You must seriously be new to this hobby to say that.

 

[MnFish1]

Any chance you could put an arrow - and an enlarged picture - with the arrow pointing to what you're seeing. I do not see a vermetid snail at all. There is a difference between a 'feather duster' serpelid worm and a vermatid snail.

 

[HuduVudu]

Please cite your source on this info.

I don't need to cite anything I just watch them in my tank. It's easy to do if you don't actually kill them and everything that isn't an SPS. I don't fear things in my tank I find all of the different forms of life fascinating.

 

[fishface NJ]

That red tube is a vermatid. Remove it. Do a search on here. I had a tank 6 years ago that did not have any until I bought a frogspawn on it. Did not know what it was at the time when I saw it. It multiplied within a few months. After trying to manually kill them, I was forced to restart my system.

 

[seaofbytes]

Thank you all for the replies, you made me super paranoid.

There were 2 red tubes on the rock, I took it out and removed both of them, but after reading all this I'm thinking I never should have put it in the tank in the first place. It was in there for a hour, hopefully it didn't do any damage.


Just found another one when I took it out. Here's some pictures.

 

[seaofbytes]

Any chance you could put an arrow - and an enlarged picture - with the arrow pointing to what you're seeing. I do not see a vermetid snail at all. There is a difference between a 'feather duster' serpelid worm and a vermatid snail.

Included some new pics in the post above. Thanks!

 

[MnFish1]

Actually - unless I'm totally blind - I do not see a 'zoa-like thing' - I do see the hard tube. I'm going to disagree with the opinion that vermatid snails will 'take over' a 'properly managed tank'. The key word is properly managed. Overfeeding, under maintenance, etc - can cause them to spread - I've had the - and aside from a puncture wound on my finger - when one was under a rock - I have not seen any huge 'propagation'. They are extremely easy to get - and even if eliminated - are not often completely eliminated.

In your case @seaofbytes - you can scrape it off, or let it stay. But - a clearer picture of both of the things you're looking at would be helpful.

 

[seaofbytes]

Actually - unless I'm totally blind - I do not see a 'zoa-like thing' - I do see the hard tube. I'm going to disagree with the opinion that vermatid snails will 'take over' a 'properly managed tank'. The key word is properly managed. Overfeeding, under maintenance, etc - can cause them to spread - I've had the - and aside from a puncture wound on my finger - when one was under a rock - I have not seen any huge 'propagation'. They are extremely easy to get - and even if eliminated - are not often completely eliminated.

In your case @seaofbytes - you can scrape it off, or let it stay. But - a clearer picture of both of the things you're looking at would be helpful.

Thanks! The zoa looking thing I also scraped off so I cannot include a pic, and I forgot to include the picture of the bottom of the rock...are these vermatid too?

Got the rock from a lfs...It's not going in the tank, don't want to risk it. Is it possible that the damage is already done after the rock being in the tank for a hour?

 

[anthonygf]

Please cite your source on this info.

Serpulid worms​

Looks like feather duster to me.

 

[anthonygf]

That's a serplid worm ... it's good.

They fish for stuff in the water column by reeling out a line of sticky stuff that catches things. Then they reel it back in and eat it.

Serpulid worms​

What op has does look like a vermetid snail.

 

[HuduVudu]

Serpulid worms​

What op has does look like a vermetid snail.

Kewl.

Either is good IMO. I haven't had problems with either of them.

 

[MnFish1]

Thanks! The zoa looking thing I also scraped off so I cannot include a pic, and I forgot to include the picture of the bottom of the rock...are these vermatid too?

Got the rock from a lfs...It's not going in the tank, don't want to risk it. Is it possible that the damage is already done after the rock being in the tank for a hour?

Those are harmless tube worms

 

[fishface NJ]

Got the rock from a lfs...It's not going in the tank, don't want to risk it. Is it possible that the damage is already done after the rock being in the tank for a hour?

One hour in the tank is a very low probability of damage

I am assuming the rocks where "wet" in one of LFS tanks and not dry off of the shelf?

 

[seaofbytes]

One hour in the tank is a very low probability of damage

I am assuming the rocks where "wet" in one of LFS tanks and not dry off of the shelf?

That's correct.

 

[MnFish1]

IMHO - there is no reason not to put that rock in your tank. It looks like a nice rock.