Need worm ID! (i think it's a worm??)

Discussion in 'ID This!' started by snooopidydoo, Sep 10, 2008.

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  1. snooopidydoo

    snooopidydoo Coral Banded Shrimp

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    Ok this thing started out as a curly tube (small) thaught it was a dead fan worm tube or something, and its been getting bigger over the months, ive i've been noticing a wierd slug type guy inside it, and it sometimes expells a stringing slime.
    Help me out!

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    snooopidydoo, Sep 10, 2008
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  2. missionsix

    missionsix Super Moderator Staff Member

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    Vermetid snail.
     
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  3. Rawdogz

    Rawdogz Torch Coral

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    has it ever moved? the stringing slime, dose it pulls back in, OR it is let go in the water?
     
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  4. inwall75

    inwall75 Giant Squid

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  5. Nykademus

    Nykademus Flamingo Tongue

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    Tell him what he's won Bob!
     
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  6. snooopidydoo

    snooopidydoo Coral Banded Shrimp

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  7. Nykademus

    Nykademus Flamingo Tongue

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    They will not directly harm anything but their webbing can irritate corals, preventing polyp extension.

    Other than that they are good scavengers to have, even if their mess is a bit unsightly.
     
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  8. missionsix

    missionsix Super Moderator Staff Member

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    I glue them shut. I don't like the web they shoot out while eating. The web they send out for food may irritate surrounding corals.
     
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  9. sostoudt

    sostoudt Giant Squid

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    thats cool it fishes.
     
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  10. cuttingras

    cuttingras Starving Artist :)

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    :lol: somebody's been watching too much P.I.R. :lol:
     
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