Small critter with antennae poking up from Acans after lights out

Grigs · Dec 16, 2018

This little dude poked up out of my acans by about 1/4" - 3/8" after lights out. He stuck the antennae out last night while feeding Reef Roids, but tonight he has gone whole hog. He has multiple antennae or feeder tentacles that whip about apparently in search of food. Sorry for crummy pics. Only have cell...
Thoughts?

Auto-pilot · Dec 16, 2018

Looks kinda like a vermetid snail that is growing on your coral. Does it have a hard shell??

Grigs · Dec 17, 2018

Unknown. It is planted between the acan heads... unable to see anything but segmented head/neck and feeders...

Checked pics on google. Looks exactly like it. Do I bother attempting to superglue the tube closed if the acans are happy?

Auto-pilot · Dec 17, 2018

I don't know if that would help. You can get wire cutters and while it's extended cut it. You have to do it fast as you want to get the snails head as well

ilyad · Dec 17, 2018

Eventually it will bother the coral... not intentionally, but the tentacles will. You can definitely superglue the tip and do not remove the glue. Eventually, the snail inside will starve out and since it will not be rebuilding the tube, it will break down and crumble up by itself.

If you break the shell but do not kill the snail, it will rebuild the shell eventually. Super glue works the best, although it does take some time to fully work.