Red tube with somthing liveing in it.

[trixter227]

Hey I have a relatively new saltwater tank and here lately all my zoanthids have closed nothing else just them and amongst one of the colonys is a hard red tube with a lil crittter liveing in it or thats what it looks like. Im sorry I cannot give my water parameters as I dont own a test kit yet. But my star polyps, hammer, trumpet, and various mushrooms are doing just fine infact thriving and growing like crazy.

 

[sabo]

Vermitid snail? They can irritate corals.

 

[trixter227]

It kinda looks like a weird crab it woult come out of the tub I tryed pokeing it with a pipet to see if it was just gunk and it climed back where it was after about 10 minutes

 

[trixter227]

I looked up pictures and no thats not it. And I dont think its my water i have a frag with zoas and Yellow Star Polyps on it and the zoas arnt open but the yellows are. And multiple frags else where. I have tryed moveing them to higher and lower flow. Higher and lower tank. More and less light. Like I said no other coral cares there doing great.

 

[bluecoyote79]

Feather duster?

 

[trixter227]

Nope ill try and post a picture in a little. It's strange

 

[trixter227]

 

[cloak]

It looks like a Vermetid snail IMO.

http://www.reefkeeping.com/issues/2005-01/rs/index.php

 

[trixter227]

How would I get rid of then

 

[cloak]

You could try putting a giant dab of super glue gel over the opening. This will seal it shut and cause the worm to die.

 

[trixter227]

But would it cause it to irritate corals acrost the tank?

 

[cloak]

The snail itself? Once you seal that tube shut the snail is not going to be much of anything anymore. One dead snail is not going to foul the water up either.

 

[trixter227]

Okay thanks for the help I sadly dont have super glue could I posablely brake open the tube in a separate container and put a hermit crab with it?

 

[trixter227]

And yes its every zoa colony in the tank its been closed since a day or so after I put that frag in

 

[Jone]

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

 

[ReyR]

Vermitid snail? They can irritate corals.

+1 on the vermitid. I had one come with a small zoa colony. Its Web would irritate near by coral and cause them to close. So I just popped it off with a knife and put it in the trash. Problem solved.

 

[trixter227]

Alright thanks for the help ill tell yall how it goes

 

[trixter227]

The frag my LFS sold me not a frag at all just cone zoas growing on the vermited snail shell.

 

[lhm nole]

Make sure you wash your hands really well and wear eye protection when messing with zoas

 

[trixter227]

Good news!! Thanks so much for the help is there any way to prevent this in the future. I even got new zoas and LR to celebrate.