Is this a vermetid snail? (with macro picture)

[ChantalWK]

Hi!!

I spotted this critter while making some pictures of my newly bought Trumpet extending its tentacles at night.

Is this a vermetid?

If it is, I know I should eliminate it. What is your method of choice for removing it?

 

[olonmv]

Looks like a feather duster that is starting to poke its crown out.

 

[ChantalWK]

Looks like a feather duster that is starting to poke its crown out.

Thanks! I will wait and see it again at night and maybe take a closer picture.

 

[Troylee]

I’d say vermited… you’ll know when you feed the tank or stir up the sand and a web comes out.. if confirmed just super glue over the tip and it will starve to death.. unless you can can down there to remove the entire tube and or smash it

 

[threebuoys]

Looks like vermitid to me. They multiply like wildfire. My tank became infested what seemed like overnight. I have thousands. If they get beneath encrusting coral, they will poke right through. I just bought a big batch of bumblebee snails which supposedly eat vermitid.

 

[Dburr1014]

Vermitid.
Wanna see mine?

 

[ChantalWK]

Thanks for all the replies. Vermetid or not, I removed it from the tank and discovered I actually had an infestation. I scraped everything off with a stationary/paper scalpel and I'm hoping for the best since it was only two days in my tank.

Since I'm new to reefs I didn't think much of these things attached to the coral, the marine environment has so many small criters...

 

[19Mateo83]

Good move

 

[threebuoys]

this is what they look like poking thru montipora

 

[ChantalWK]

this is what they look like poking thru montipora

What a nuisance!

 

[Dburr1014]

Thanks for all the replies. Vermetid or not, I removed it from the tank and discovered I actually had an infestation. I scraped everything off with a stationary/paper scalpel and I'm hoping for the best since it was only two days in my tank.

Since I'm new to reefs I didn't think much of these things attached to the coral, the marine environment has so many small criters...

Well, from what I know, they live in that base. You should take that off too or they're going to build a new tube.

 

[ChantalWK]

Well, from what I know, they live in that base. You should take that off too or they're going to build a new tube.

Inside the calcareous base of the coral? How do I take it off?

 

[Labridaedicted]

Put a dab of super glue over the entrance. That kills them since they can't break their tunes open they can't get out and die from lack of oxygen.

 

[ChantalWK]

Put a dab of super glue over the entrance. That kills them since they can't break their tunes open they can't get out and die from lack of oxygen.

Thanks!

 

[exnisstech]

this is what they look like poking thru montipora

Darn things are not prejudice against a monti color either

 

[NotoriousDMC]

Or try to crush it all the way to the base—if you can. These things suck.

 

[Sleeping Giant]

the colour of the trumpet looks amazing, you should start a build thread.
Welcome to R2R btw

 

[ChantalWK]

the colour of the trumpet looks amazing, you should start a build thread.
Welcome to R2R btw

Thanks! I will start one