What's growing on my frogspawn?

[NewbieSeth]

Any idea what these little tubes are growing off the base of my frogspawn? They are hard tubes. I don't know how frogspawn reproduce so I'm not sure if this is the skeleton creating new branches or if it is some sort of tube worm. If it isn't part of the FS I am going to clip them off because I'm worried the flesh is being poked as it sways in the current and I don't want to cause damage. There was 1 and now there are 3

 

[cameronh]

Any idea what these little tubes are growing off the base of my frogspawn? They are hard tubes. I don't know how frogspawn reproduce so I'm not sure if this is the skeleton creating new branches or if it is some sort of tube worm. If it isn't part of the FS I am going to clip them off because I'm worried the flesh is being poked as it sways in the current and I don't want to cause damage. There was 1 and now there are 3

Feather dusters. Friendly

 

[NewbieSeth]

I have tons of feather dusters all over my tank and none of them look like this. There are no worms I ever see visible. I was thinking a tube worm cause sometimes I see a stringy web like substance around the FS sometimes. If it's just a worm it's getting cut off cause they are very small and almost pointy. Afraid the FS has been poking himself on them as he has opened less since they've shown up. Still opens, just not as fully as before

 

[Coastie Reefer]

Looks like a vermetid snail. Break the tube and it's gone. They irritate corals with a line of mucus they "fish" for food with.

 

[cameronh]

I have tons of feather dusters all over my tank and none of them look like this. There are no worms I ever see visible. I was thinking a tube worm cause sometimes I see a stringy web like substance around the FS sometimes. If it's just a worm it's getting cut off cause they are very small and almost pointy. Afraid the FS has been poking himself on them as he has opened less since they've shown up. Still opens, just not as fully as before

Yeah my bad, I don't know what I was thinking lol. I have those snails and they are annoying.

Looks like a vermetid snail. Break the tube and it's gone. They irritate corals with a line of mucus they "fish" for food with.

 

[Lonny]

I have tons of them to. Although despite what I've heard about them annoying coral I haven't seen this in my tank....yet anyway.

 

[NewbieSeth]

Vernetid snails! That's it. That's what I was thinking but I couldn't remember what they were called to try and ID them. That's def what they are. Getting cut off tonight! I know it's bugging the coral cause as I've said, since I've seen them the coral hasn't opened as fully. And I just found the mucus all over my gorgonian today. Looks like my bone cutters and I are gonna be doing some work tonight! Thanks guys!

 

[Lonny]

Try to get the whole thing, base and all our they grow right back.

 

[NewbieSeth]

Should I just break off with my hand or use a razor to scrape off the base? Won't hurt the skeleton by scraping him off there will I?

 

[stevo01]

+1 on vermitid good call Coastie Reefer. Sign of healthy tank, Ive heard they can cause minor irritation, but I let them be too.

 

[Lonny]

As long as there's no flesh there it won't. I try to do it with my fingers. Sometimes they come right off sometimes it just breaks

 

[Lonny]

This my Oregon tort growing over two vermatid snails lol

 

[Lonny]

On the left. If you look close you can just see the tips of them. The tort has almost won!

 

[NewbieSeth]

I read just to put a dab of superglue over the opening and then let the coral grow over it.

 

[Lonny]

I could but it doesn't seem to bother the coral. Plus I really wanna see who wins the race!

 

[NewbieSeth]

Lol my money is on coral. How funny would it be if it grows off the end but leaves a hole for the worm! Lol

 

[Lonny]

It'll take a while to find out. Oregon torts are achingly slow growers. But the snails seem to be losing lol

 

[stevo01]

I had one lose to a cyphastrea

 

[Lonny]

That sucks. Was it very big? I would have been upset if it was.

 

[stevo01]

That sucks. Was it very big? I would have been upset if it was.

It was already losing the battle when i bought the frag. I could just make out the tip and the tubes opening. I was wondering how that was going to work out. Cyphastrea grows fast!