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idcgfy
04/12/2018, 08:48 AM
Not sure if these are tube worms or not, but they are hard and brittle to touch.https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20180412/3df1359d94f59ecf19789ba46e80a8ae.jpg


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chet-tonja
04/12/2018, 01:05 PM
Looks like tube worms to me as well
idcgfy
04/12/2018, 02:56 PM
Looks like tube worms to me as well



They are vermitid snails. Not harmful, but ugly


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Fylerb
04/13/2018, 08:31 AM
Defiantly vermited snails will spread to plague status. Can try to dip and super glue shut
ttkreef
08/19/2018, 07:05 AM
I have a lot of them in my tank now vermited snails. they put their web all over the place. How could I dip them. What should I use and should I dip the whole rock with coral?
BeachVacationer
08/19/2018, 07:32 AM
I have had success by making sure my water is clean, low nutrients and physically prying them off in a bucket of tank water when I do WC.
AlSimmons
08/19/2018, 09:01 AM
Being that the coral isn't attached to anything you might want to put it in a small bucket of salt water and see if you can pop some of those shells off with a small knife or razor blade.
dtapke
08/20/2018, 11:48 AM
I use a pair of tweezers and just smash the crap out of em. kind of satisfying...

they're super annoying as they'll actually block coral growth it seems.
LPS_Blasto
08/23/2018, 10:51 AM
They will grow right up through any coral in their way.

Nasty little pests that can overtake a tank quickly. VERY difficult to get rid of. Most people try to starve them out.
Theres some guys having luck with eradication on a different reefing forum.