Help Identifying

[WilliamTideReefer]

 

[ChgoGoodGirl]

Maybe a peanut worm or a feather duster out of it's tube, with no crown.

Is it alive or dead?

 

[WilliamTideReefer]

Maybe a peanut worm or a feather duster out of it's tube, with no crown.

Is it alive or dead?

It’s not moving so I assume dead.

 

[Sipec]

What does it do if you poke it?

 

[WilliamTideReefer]

What does it do if you poke it?

Nothing it doesn’t even move. Tank is about 6 weeks old.

Tanks has:
Two Clownfish
One Diamond Goby
Two Snails

 

[ChgoGoodGirl]

If you didn't have a feather duster then my guess is a dead peanut worm. Someone else here might have a better idea though.

 

[Wet Work]

Highly likely that it is a vermetid snail shell. They're an annoying pest that proliferate in any system that is heavily broadcast fed. To control populations, the shells can either be crushed or sealed with cyanoacrylate gel. If left unchecked, they can reproduce and spread at a rapid pace to the point where the slime nets they cast -- 2 - 5" long, irritate nearby corals.

 

[Wet Work]

Oops. Forgot to include the photo.

 

[WilliamTideReefer]

Highly likely that it is a vermetid snail shell. They're an annoying pest that proliferate in any system that is heavily broadcast fed. To control populations, the shells can either be crushed or sealed with cyanoacrylate gel. If left unchecked, they can reproduce and spread at a rapid pace to the point where the slime nets they cast -- 2 - 5" long, irritate nearby corals.

Can you elaborate on broadcast fed?

 

[Fishbird]

Is it hard like a snail shell or soft and squishy?

 

[WilliamTideReefer]

Is it hard like a snail shell or soft and squishy?

Soft

 

[WilliamTideReefer]

My wife took it out with a net. Here is another picture.

 

[Wet Work]

Can you elaborate on broadcast fed?

Of course. Broadcast feeding is mixing any small particle food, coral foods in particular (Polyp Lab, for instance) with a bit of tank water then pouring it into the system with the main pump off, allowing the internal circulation to disperse it, then turning off those pumps as well. It's popular with those that have large SPS populations as it is an ideal way to feed SPS, particularly in larger sytems.

 

[Fishbird]

If it's soft and squishy than it's not a vermetid snail. Their tubes are their shells, and they are hard. As for what it is, I'm not sure. #reefsquad

 

[WilliamTideReefer]

Of course. Broadcast feeding is mixing any small particle food, coral foods in particular (Polyp Lab, for instance) with a bit of tank water then pouring it into the system with the main pump off, allowing the internal circulation to disperse it, then turning off those pumps as well. It's popular with those that have large SPS populations as it is an ideal way to feed SPS, particularly in larger sytems.

Awesome thanks for teaching me something today!

 

[Wet Work]

Soft

Oops. Didn't see this post. If it's soft, it is definitely not a vermetid but at least now you know what to do if you're unfortunate enough to encounter one.

 

[Wet Work]

Awesome thanks for teaching me something today!

Absolutely my pleasure. Always happy to help.