Can this stay?

[JustKeepSwimming123]

Hello! So I just found this little thing in my snail shell. It does come and go out of the little tube there. Is it something I need to get rid of?

 

[blaxsun]

There's probably no harm either way.

 

[Adrift]

Is that a feather duster? hard to tell.

 

[tharbin]

It is very hard to tell from that photo but I would keep an eye on it. It could be a feather duster but it looks a little to me like it could be a baby aptasia, which you definitely do not want.

 

[shakacuz]

It is very hard to tell from that photo but I would keep an eye on it. It could be a feather duster but it looks a little to me like it could be a baby aptasia, which you definitely do not want.

+1 to this.. very difficult to tell if baby aptasia or feather duster.

 

[JustKeepSwimming123]

It is very hard to tell from that photo but I would keep an eye on it. It could be a feather duster but it looks a little to me like it could be a baby aptasia, which you definitely do not want.

So it doesn’t really have a stalk to it. More like a hard tube it comes in and out of. So when it retracts only the little feather thing goes in the tube. Does aiptasia have a stalk that also retracts?

 

[R0L0]

So it doesn’t really have a stalk to it. More like a hard tube it comes in and out of. So when it retracts only the little feather thing goes in the tube. Does aiptasia have a stalk that also retracts?

Not in the same way that feather dusters do. Aptasia can retract and shrink up if disturbed just like most anemones. Sometimes when they shrink up it can be hard to even see them. Just keep an eye one it. if it starts to look like aptasia after a while and grow/spread on the snail, then take the snail out of the tank and brush the aptasia off to get rid of it.

 

[kzenoni]

My vote , feather duster

 

[Just John]

+1 for feather duster

 

[A Young Reefer]

feather duster

 

[Just John]

Look familiar? (it doesn't need to have a little ball thing)