Tube thing on rock

[Cameron Wise]

Exactly what the title says... what is it? I thought it was a feather duster but I am a beginner and I don't really know. This pic is with no lights

 

[Stuart Willis]

looks like a feather duster to me i have a few of them in my tank
does it have anything on the end of it ?

 

[Coastie Reefer]

Google vermetid snail

 

[Cameron Wise]

looks like a feather duster to me i have a few of them in my tank
does it have anything on the end of it ?

Not yet...
This is my first tank and I just set it up yesterday. Maybe it will open up later

 

[Coastie Reefer]

a feather duster tube tends to be whitish or grey... the red tint says vermetid to me

 

[ThunderGoose]

Feather dusters will retreat into their tubes. Not a problem.

 

[Cameron Wise]

Google vermetid snail

I think it's a vermetid snail.... how do I get rid of it? Or will it die off because I set up the tank yesterday?

 

[Cameron Wise]

Btw there is more tubs that are clear

 

[Mikedawg]

I think it's a vermetid snail.... how do I get rid of it? Or will it die off because I set up the tank yesterday?

Some reefers superglue the tube shut; I just crush them with my fingers.

 

[Coastie Reefer]

I just break them off with my fingers too. Some people don't mind them some hate them... I'm kind of in between on my feelings. They tend to reproduce fairly quickly and irritate some corals, but not others.

 

[Cameron Wise]

Woah I just counted like 10 tubes! I honesty think they will die off because there is too much ammonia in the water

 

[Water Dog]

While there's not that many, find tweezers and crush them at the base. Once they take a foothold, they spread like wildfire and are very annoying. Their silk feeding strands are a nuisance to coral.