Are these vermitide snails?

[Miemaes]

I’ve got some new coral a few weeks ago and I’ve been noticing “stalks” growing at the bottom of it. I saw a post pass by on vermitide snails and now I’m worried that that is what I’m looking at. It has a white base with pink head both on my frogspawn. Pictures aren’t super clear but they might give you guys an idea of what it can be? I had just turned on my lights so they are still retracted and show those “stalks” a bit better.

 

[JTP424]

That's what they look like, you can manually remove, glue over them to seal them in, or get bumblebee snails.
Some people keep them without too much hassle, if they start to irritate your corals you'll want to remove them.

 

[Miemaes]

That's what they look like, you can manually remove, glue over them to seal them in, or get bumblebee snails.
Some people keep them without too much hassle, if they start to irritate your corals you'll want to remove them.

That’s what I was afraid of. First I hoped it was some sort of beneficial coral growth until it started to get longer

 

[JTP424]

That’s what I was afraid of. First I hoped it was some sort of beneficial coral growth until it started to get longer

They may infest your tank, they may not. I've had a few in my tank and only spot treat the ones that really impact my corals.

 

[Miemaes]

They may infest your tank, they may not. I've had a few in my tank and only spot treat the ones that really impact my corals.

I just did and applied a blob of glue over the heads. Hopefully that solves it

 

[Reeflix]

In most cases it does (not trying to worry you, I think this is quite rare) so I glued one over, and that little thing wanted to live so bad, it just ate through the old skeleton and grew a new tube!!! Lol I thought that was hilarious

 

[Reeflix]

Not to worry it ended up dying, no more tricks from it!

 

[EeyoreIsMySpiritAnimal]

That’s what I was afraid of. First I hoped it was some sort of beneficial coral growth until it started to get longer

They are not that big of a deal.

 

[Miemaes]

In most cases it does (not trying to worry you, I think this is quite rare) so I glued one over, and that little thing wanted to live so bad, it just ate through the old skeleton and grew a new tube!!! Lol

That is hilarious Like a little Mcguyver

 

[Reeflix]

I just did and applied a blob of glue over the heads. Hopefully that solves it

If you do see more, I like to use that putty instead, I feel that the glue can be hard to work with. Plus I can never get those caps open due to them being glued shut

 

[EeyoreIsMySpiritAnimal]

In most cases it does (not trying to worry you, I think this is quite rare) so I glued one over, and that little thing wanted to live so bad, it just ate through the old skeleton and grew a new tube!!! Lol I thought that was hilarious

That's actually what usually happens...

 

[Miemaes]

They are not that big of a deal.

No? I hear everyone dreading these guys so I am immediately on high alert

 

[Reeflix]

I just switched to putty, and it covers up the whole thing so I don’t have to deal with it growing new heada

 

[Reeflix]

No? I hear everyone dreading these guys so I am immediately on high alert

I didn’t have it cause problems except for this really big one under my leather, I feel they look really ugly though, and they reproduce really fast, just keep the population under control, and you should be good (assuming you didn’t kill that one or there are more)

 

[EeyoreIsMySpiritAnimal]

That's actually what usually happens...

@Reeflix , I'm serious. The snails can burrow into the coral and find/make another exit.

 

[Reeflix]

Oh, I know, I was laughing because I didn’t know that’s what usually happens, sorry

 

[EeyoreIsMySpiritAnimal]

Oh, I know, I was laughing because I didn’t know that’s what usually happens

That's why removing the actual snail is advised, whether by adding a predator or by manually removing the entire shell + snail outside of the tank.

Fwiw, you CAN make them relocate by breaking/sealing the shell and often this solves the problem of a specific snail web bothering coral.

 

[Spare time]

Just get some sort of plyer and crush them. I hate vermatids and wish them a happy extinction in tanks.