Red-ish tube builder?

[loneboat]

I noticed something building red-ish tubes on my coral frags. The tube is a hard material that shatters easily, and there is some sort of fleshy "nub" at one end.

 

[Spaceshrimp]

Vermetid snail

 

[loneboat]

Vermetid snail

Awesome! Friend or foe? Any harm in just leaving them be?

 

[DSC reef]

They can irritate nearby corals by throwing out a slimy web to catch small particulates.

 

[loneboat]

They can irritate nearby corals by throwing out a slimy web to catch small particulates.

How rude!

 

[Duffer]

Also they can easily get out of hand and multiple out of control

 

[Sashaka]

Vermetid snail

+1 Vermetid snail. If they're not too close to a coral, they don't seem to bother much, but many reefers hate them and put a little superglue on the tip to seal their opening and end them before they can spread.

 

[loneboat]

+1 Vermetid snail. If they're not too close to a coral, they don't seem to bother much, but many reefers hate them and put a little superglue on the tip to seal their opening and end them before they can spread.

Aww man, I'd feel terrible doing that. :-(

 

[Sashaka]

Aww man, I'd feel terrible doing that. :-(

Yeah, I was like you, once. Lol. Now, if I see something that can potentially become a pest in my tank...I pluck the sucker without looking back...LOL

 

[loneboat]

Okay I did it. I murdered them. ;Sorry

 

[Sashaka]

Giggling as I read your response. It will get easier. LOL.