Is this a harful pest? Need ID.

[Haacheew]

Don't know where to post it. Need ID that red "snail-like THING, and advice please. It attaches to the base of the clove. Is it a pest, a coral, a snail, or a critter?? Is it harmful and need to remove? TY.

 

[Juniorh2r]

Does it move when you touch it?

 

[Juniorh2r]

Looks like its coiled up

 

[Haacheew]

I have never touched or poked it. I think its like snail shell type. Looks dangerous.

 

[Juniorh2r]

I can't really make it out I thought it was a bristle worm that was coiled up

 

[Haacheew]

I can't really make it out I thought it was a bristle worm that was coiled up

Sorry about the fuzzy photos. All I have is a very old Samsung Android phone. It's not a bristal worm for I have experience of removing them before. I think there is some type of "worm" living inside the red donut "shell".

 

[Juniorh2r]

Hopefully some one can identify

 

[IKD]

Looks like some type of Bobbit worm. I would remove/isolate it until you can ID

 

[ZipAdeeZoa]

Maybe some sort of vermetid snail? Have you seen any appendages come out of the tube or is the photo as extended as you've seen it?

 

[IKD]

Actually, looked closer at the picture. is it in a shell? Not a bobbit then

 

[Haacheew]

It looks like something in it that never sticks out and never moves. However, it grows bigger each day. If it were brown color I would've removed it long ago. Well, I will remove it anyway. I am just curious what it is. Thanks for replies.

 

[rkpetersen]

Vermetid Snail. Common pest.

Vermetid Snail – Critter Guide ™

critterguide.ca

 

[Haacheew]

Vermetid Snail. Common pest.

Vermetid Snail – Critter Guide ™

critterguide.ca

ahh, looks like it. Gee, I've just found another one. They are spreading.
Thank you all for the help.

 

[CindyKz]

Covering them with coral glue or epoxy can be effective. I would try this before they spread any more.

Better yet, can you get the clove polyps off of the frag plug?

 

[vetteguy53081]

Vermetid yes and using a screwdriver, try to lift entire casing up or loosen and grab with a pliers which is what I did when I discovered two of them. All gone for good

 

[Haacheew]

I used bone cutter to remove them, then spot sprayed with 13% HydroPeroxide and Logu's Potassium Iodide. Hope it worked.