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Unread 04/12/2018, 08:48 AM   #1
idcgfy
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What’s growing on my frogspawn stem?

Not sure if these are tube worms or not, but they are hard and brittle to touch.


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Unread 04/12/2018, 01:05 PM   #2
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Looks like tube worms to me as well


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Unread 04/12/2018, 02:56 PM   #3
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Looks like tube worms to me as well


They are vermitid snails. Not harmful, but ugly


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Unread 04/13/2018, 08:31 AM   #4
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Defiantly vermited snails will spread to plague status. Can try to dip and super glue shut


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Unread 08/19/2018, 07:05 AM   #5
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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?


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Unread 08/19/2018, 07:32 AM   #6
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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.


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Unread 08/19/2018, 09:01 AM   #7
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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.


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Unread 08/20/2018, 11:48 AM   #8
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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.


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Unread 08/23/2018, 10:51 AM   #9
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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.


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