Web in my tank?

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  1. dustin0479

    dustin0479 Peppermint Shrimp

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    I came home to find what looks like a web in my qt, ever seen this before?
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  2. inwall75

    inwall75 Giant Squid

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    99% chance it's just a vermetid snail. They send out mucus nets that are sticky, let particulate matter collect in it, then they reel it in and eat the food stuck to the web.
     
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  3. dustin0479

    dustin0479 Peppermint Shrimp

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    I don't have any snails in the qt......
     
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  4. VooDoo

    VooDoo Fire Shrimp

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    They are usually hitchhikers in your LR
     
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  5. 2in10

    2in10 Super Moderator

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    They are stationary and secrete a hard tube as a home. I agree with Inwall on vermitid snail. They are a very common hitchhiker on live rock and frags.
     
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  6. bvb-etf-luva

    bvb-etf-luva Banned

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    its virtually impossible to know all the hitchhikers in your tank. you probably have small crabs shrimp snails worms and what not.
     
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  7. VooDoo

    VooDoo Fire Shrimp

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    Interesting that you have live rock in your QT.
     
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  8. reefmonkey

    reefmonkey Giant Squid

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    +3 to vermitid
     
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