Growth On Clam

best picture i could get of it.

Anyone ID this? It's a small reddish tube type thing with a larger base. it takes up about the last 4 growth layers.

 

Looks like a Vermetid snail/worm. You can snap it off.

 

Have no idea what I'm looking for in that picture, but from your description it sounds like a vermatid snail.

 

just break it off want hurt the clam

 

that does not look like a vermitid to me....too redish and looks as though it is coming from inside the edge and not on the outside

 

I have reddish vermatids all over.

 

Here is another picture from a different angle. Its the reddish circle on the right side.




well i snapped off the tip of it but i wasn't able to get the whole base off without putting too much effort into it.

After googling Vermatids, I believe that is what i have. i have seen there little mucus feeding strands when i turn my flow off to feed my Sun Coral. Should i try a little harder and remove the base or is snapping the tube off enough to kill these guys? i just dont want to hurt my clam.

 

If it comes back and it might just take a dab of super glue gel and cover the the end of it without getting any on the mantel of the clam.