Please help what is this??

[ibrat82]

So I picked up some Mexican turbo snails from my lfs and I noticed this on one of its shells. Is it a tube worm? It has like a feather duster that comes out when it's in water when it's not it goes back in.


Please advise. Not sure what to do with these guys. I've taken them out of my DT and put them in a container. I do have a qt but it has some chromis and a dottyback in it.

 

[ibrat82]

 

[ibrat82]

Sorry guys don't mean to keep bumping this thread just not sure what to do with the snails. There in a small plastic container right now. Don't want to kill them in it

 

[cloak]

I'm not exactly sure what I'm supposed to be looking at, but you might want to check out the link below for some ideas. (Hydroids in particular)

http://www.lionfishlair.com/hitchhiker.shtml

 

[ibrat82]

It'd the white tube thingy in the worm at the bottom of the picture

 

[Sk8r]

I'm thinking tubeworm, safe. Hydroids are more brown and quite tiny.

 

[jraker]

spirobid worms. i have thousands of them in my tank. harmless little filter feeders

 

[cloak]

I'm thinking tubeworm, safe. Hydroids are more brown and quite tiny.

See that tiny little patch of reddish brown to the left of that tube? That's what I was referring to. Kind of reminds me of Colonial Hydroids. The little white swirls are Spirorbid worms while that largest tube is probably a Serpulidae worm.

 

[ibrat82]

And they are safe? Or should it be quarantined?

 

[ibrat82]

So the brown stuff does look like hydroids. I won't be putting this guy in my main tank. How do I get this off him? And prevent it from coming back?

 

[Dkuhlmann]

Like I said on your other thread the small volcano looking things are barnacles, I can't make out he white thing just looks like a blurry white blob.

 

[billdogg]

I don't see anything even remotely like hydroids on the snails - just harmless and beneficial filter feeders. I, too, have thousands of them throughout my systems.

 

[cloak]

Check this out. (fourth picture down) VERY similar IMO.

http://www.wetwebmedia.com/hyzoanidfaq.htm

 

[TimeConsumer]

Tough to tell. But I had colonial hydroids and they looked very similar.

Can you get another shot that has them in better focus?