Orange thing

[Eaglepenguinz]

Hello!

Just curious if any of y’all know what this little dude is, it just popped up but now it’s a little bigger and I’m not sure if I should just kill it by removing it or leave it be.

Thanks!!

 

[ChgoGoodGirl]

Does it move?

 

[vetteguy53081]

Some type of hermit. remove until it can be identified.

 

[Reefer Reboot]

?!? Interesting! (I love these threads) Would it be possible to get pictures from different angles?

 

[sixline]

Sort of looks like a chiton, but not quite.

Also sort of looks like a vermetid snail, but not quite.

I know it's tough, but can you post more photos?

 

[Eaglepenguinz]

Does it move?

Not that I know of, it’s just there. It doesn’t like walk around but anything on it could be moving because of the wavemaker

 

[Eaglepenguinz]

Sort of looks like a chiton, but not quite.

Also sort of looks like a vermetid snail, but not quite.

I know it's tough, but can you post more photos?

For sure, I’ll get in there with the GoPro tomorrow and get a good video or something and try that! Or just try and get different angles with the phone

 

[Eaglepenguinz]

?!? Interesting! (I love these threads) Would it be possible to get pictures from different angles?

Yessir

 

[Eaglepenguinz]

Some type of hermit. remove until it can be identified.

Basement is flooding so I can’t right now but I’ll do it in the AM

 

[samnaz]

Basement is flooding so I can’t right now but I’ll do it in the AM

Dang that’s never fun, best of luck to you.

 

[Eaglepenguinz]

Hello!

Just curious if any of y’all know what this little dude is, it just popped up but now it’s a little bigger and I’m not sure if I should just kill it by removing it or leave it be.

Thanks!!

edit: I tried to pry it off and it didn’t move so I think maybe it’s a calcium shelf of some sort, like how mushrooms form. Not sure, oh well.

 

[Eaglepenguinz]

Dang that’s never fun, best of luck to you.

Thanks! We ripped up all the carpet and just left is as concrete so we got it dried really fast this time!

 

[Phildago]

It looks like a barnacle to me

 

[dhanking]

There is a similar creature in my tank and I think it is either some sort of gastropod or something from the barnacle family

 

[samnaz]

Thanks! We ripped up all the carpet and just left is as concrete so we got it dried really fast this time!

Been there done that.

I agree that more photos would be helpful.

My best guess is barnacle but also resembles a chiton or limpet.

 

[Reefer Reboot]

Right now I agree with the barnacle assumption but I'll wait for more pictures. Last time I called it too early, what looked like a gooseneck barnacle turned out to be a spawning stomatella snail.;Facepalm ;Dummy

 

[Casket_Case]

Dang I want an ominous orange thing in my aquarium

 

[sixline]

I didn't think of barnacle, but that might be correct. It sure looks like one.

The thing that made me think Vermetid snail was the brown part at the base, where it is connected to the rock. But it is a pretty good size, so if you do a feeding and do not see some spider web like material coming out to try and get the food, probably not a vermetid.

Most fo the things mentioned so far are good (or at least neutral) hitchhikers. But if it's a vermetid, you want it out of there.

Nice feather dusters, by the way. Were those hitchhikers?

 

[samnaz]

^ It does look like a vermetid snail. The brown curly tube base has me thinking vermetid sorta like this.

 

[Eaglepenguinz]

Dang I want an ominous orange thing in my aquarium

Absolutely not lol