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carrera mike
02/21/2008, 05:43 PM
Help. Could someone tell me what these tubes are(Red arrows)?? They put out webs(green arrow) like spiders to catch food. You could see with the first picture that a pellet(yellow arrow) is caught in the web, then within 2 minutes this tube reeled in the web with the pellet.

Thanks!

http://reefcentral.com/gallery/data/500/168147IMG_0984-smlr.jpg

http://reefcentral.com/gallery/data/500/168147IMG_0986-smllr.jpg

http://reefcentral.com/gallery/data/500/168147IMG_0985-smlr.jpg

sufunk
02/21/2008, 05:46 PM
I forget what they are called but i have 1 in my small tank and a few in my 180g. They are harmless worms and just catch whatever they can in their "webs".

In my 180g, there is one right next to a few acan colonies and even though the web is always on the acans, i have never seen any bad affect and the acans have no reation to it.

Capt_Cully
02/21/2008, 05:51 PM
vermetid snails. not harmful, but they can send out slime webs that are annoying and ugly. i just snap em off when i can get to them. otherwise i ignore.

carrera mike
02/21/2008, 07:36 PM
<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=11906771#post11906771 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by Capt_Cully
vermetid snails. not harmful, but they can send out slime webs that are annoying and ugly. i just snap em off when i can get to them. otherwise i ignore.

YES! I looked Vermetid Snails up in google. Thats exactly what they are! Thanks!

I dont think they're bad either. I had these five for a long time now, and there's not much anoying web. It's more of curiosity for me... What life forms they are. Im just amazed how life adapts.