What the heck is this?

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  1. JimDandy

    JimDandy Astrea Snail

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    I've got a lot of these little tubes jutting out on most of my rocks. Almost looks like tube worms. Are they worms or something hatching?
     

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  2. Corailline

    Corailline Super Moderator

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    It is a dry heat, yeah right !
    Corailline, Dec 9, 2011
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  3. Mobalized

    Mobalized Teardrop Maxima Clam

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    They would most likely be vermetid snail
     
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  4. 2in10

    2in10 Super Moderator

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    Vermitid snails, great shot
     
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  5. PierceEye

    PierceEye Aiptasia Anemone

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    yup vermitids
    just snap them off or they can get out of control
     
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  6. wooboodoo

    wooboodoo Astrea Snail

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    How to snap them off? I see tons of them in my tank also but my big snails spawning sometime so I was pretty sure that's baby snails.
    They can do any damage for sps corals?
     
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  7. PierceEye

    PierceEye Aiptasia Anemone

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    they steal food.....I used a rod from window blinds that were broken lol, they snap off easy
     
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  8. Magnus

    Magnus Sharknado

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    Definitely vermetid snails. Eventually u will have hundreds of them. Their tubes are Sharp so they can cut your skin when you stick your hands in the tank. Also, they will put out of their opening a sort of spider web to catch floating food or particles. In the end, they become a serious eye sore.
    Bumble Bee snails (about 40 of them) took care of my problem, but I do keep finding them here and there from time to time.
    They can get quite big as well, making the web bigger and more annoying.

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  9. NanaReefer

    NanaReefer Fu Manchu Lion Fish

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    I've been grinding mine away-got quit a few throughout my tank :(
     
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  10. JimDandy

    JimDandy Astrea Snail

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    If you snap them off, do they grow back or is it dead?
     
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