thefishbowl2006
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Anyone know what this guy is and if he's good or bad?
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thefishbowl2006
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No, The little black head at the end of the tube shoots some sort of web? It is a free piece of live rock from someone who was dismantling. Is he some type of snail. When I stir up sediment he gets whatever is floating in his web.
He never comes out completely, just his head pokes out a little.
He never comes out completely, just his head pokes out a little.
thefishbowl2006
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I know, I also have small worms like him it is just he is so big. The rock he came on looked dead but the yellow is getting brighter. Anyone know what type of encrusting coral it might be, looks like th whole rock was yellow at one time
I have quite a few colonies of encrusting corals that came with my LR. Most of it is light yellow and you can see the little holes and fuzz on it. I've just noticed a small colony of pinkish lavender that popped up while the tank was in the garage. Looks a lot like some kind of encrusting monti. I just figure I'm doing something right if it thrives. Sue
bunsenburner
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ME2003 I know you know this one. It is the calcifying worm that casts out the fishing net. My mandarins used to poach frozen mysids from the net.
Ewan
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It's a vermetid snail.... a sessile snail.
http://www.reefs.org/library/aquarium_net/0897/0897_8.html
They can become bothersome when they reach plague proportions. I know of one guy that actually resorted to a propane torch to remove them from the rock (outside the tank, of course)
-Rob
http://www.reefs.org/library/aquarium_net/0897/0897_8.html
They can become bothersome when they reach plague proportions. I know of one guy that actually resorted to a propane torch to remove them from the rock (outside the tank, of course)
-Rob
thefishbowl2006
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That definitely sounds like him. He is the first one I noticed, now there are little baby tubes popping up. I saw him poop last night out the same hole he feeds from, or at least I think it was poop. From the looks of it around his area he poops alot, then again some of his webs are huge. I think the coral is a type of porites one person told me, what da ya think?
jessiesgrrl
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rotflmfao What's worse, adding natural predation that eats your tank out of house and home, or a blowtorch??
Laurie
thefishbowl2006
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rotflmfao? Huh.
ME2003
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I wanted to make sure I knew what rotflmfao meant so I did a search on it
and found this web site for looking up acronyms.
The part I thought was funny was they took the time to catagorize each acronym.
Information Technology, Military & Government, Science & Medicine Organizations, Schools, etc. ,
Business & Finance ,Slang, Chat &Pop culture are the catagories.
rotflmfao has two meanings under Slang, Chat & Pop culture.
lol has 61 meanings including some in each catagory.
lol
http://www.acronymfinder.com/af-query.asp?String=exact&Acronym=rotflmfao
and found this web site for looking up acronyms.
The part I thought was funny was they took the time to catagorize each acronym.
Information Technology, Military & Government, Science & Medicine Organizations, Schools, etc. ,
Business & Finance ,Slang, Chat &Pop culture are the catagories.
rotflmfao has two meanings under Slang, Chat & Pop culture.
lol has 61 meanings including some in each catagory.
lol
http://www.acronymfinder.com/af-query.asp?String=exact&Acronym=rotflmfao
thefishbowl2006
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Thanks, ME2003. So what do you guys think? He cant be that bad, keeps water clean of particles, a pretty cheap skimmer if you ask me..
Scott
Scott
ME2003
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Vermetid Snails have never been an issue in my tanks and I think they
are very helpful cleaners. I have not seen them get out of control.
"Propane torch to remove them from the rock." That is harsh.
They break off easy. People do barbecue the rock to kill other
stuff (Algae).
are very helpful cleaners. I have not seen them get out of control.
"Propane torch to remove them from the rock." That is harsh.
They break off easy. People do barbecue the rock to kill other
stuff (Algae).
thefishbowl2006
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It took me so long to get my tank perfect, theres no way a little snail is gonna mess things up. Does anyone know how they reproduce and how often?
Ewan
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Since you have not seen them out of control, we would probably quantify "harsh" a little bit differently.
http://www.reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?threadid=457340&highlight=vermetid
They DO break off easily, but almost always come back from that. I have had luck supergluing their hole shut, but they requires some diligent work to get them all.
My problem with vermetid snails is that they irritate corals and especially clams. I've had them in my systems since I started keeping a reef. At their worst, feeding became a huge problem with large webs cast all over the tank. Cultured and frozen foods created amazing growth. I lost several colonies due to my personal infestation. Rock faces became very jagged, and debris would settle on the rocks.
One or two might be a nice focus of discussion for a tank, but they can get out of control in a very short time.
-Rob
jessiesgrrl
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/agree, actually, depending on how often, what was fed. I treat them much like aiptasia with Joes' Juice or boiling water when needed. No idea if it actually kills them on contact, but at the very least it keeps them from feeding long enough to kill them.
Laurie
