vermetid snail

I was culling out some vermetids snails today when I noticed that there were some weird "bubbles" hanging off my zoas and some of the stems of the colony had turned yellow. I poked at the bubbles a little but nothing happened. Obviously I had irritated the colony so they were mostly closed .the...

Does anyone know what size bristle worm the bumblebee snails eat? Has anyone SEEN them eat a bristle worm? I’m sure my big guys in the front won’t be effected, but just curious where they’re snacking.. I used to find a few tiny bristles in my filter fiber (that I would pick out and throw back...

Posted are a few photos of what I believe to be either spionid worms or vermetid snails. I am leaning towards the spionid worms because I have not seen any “web like” material come out of the end, but if anyone knows please let me know? if they are spionid worms, are they harmless? Thank you!

So I'm assuming these are all vermedit snails. Picture below, dead center, is the big tube. I cut that as low as I could with bone cutters and cut a portion of the worm, couldn't get the rest. Used the cutters everywhere below the tube I cut off to kill it. Not sure if they can regrow. Below...

Hi all, Thanks for any answers you can provide me with. I am interested in covering the whole central rock of my nano in Leptastrea. Two objectives with this: 1) I think it would look really cool i.e. a gold rock as a central piece and 2) I am sick of vermetid snails and I have heard that...

I just had a hammer coral bailout it’s only head and I’m so sad. I realized I placed it in too high of a flow area and when I went to move it l, the polyp flew off. my parameters are: Salinity: 1.025 Ammonia: 0 Nitrite: 0 Nitrate: 0.10 KH: 8.2 Temp: 78.9 PH: 8.2 ca: 380 Mg: 1440 It’s a 40...

I am upgrading to a new tank and know the tank was broke down due to a vermetid snail infestation that got way out of hand… I’ve removed all remnants but and will take a scrub brush to overflow, but I’m sure there are some remnants in the hard tubing that is glued and irreplaceable. is there...

Hi everyone. I have noticed the spaghetti worm and vermetid snail population growing in my tank. When I’m in there cleaning up I will grab a few of the worms from the sand bed but am now also noticing them in my rockscape. Vermetid snails are popping up everywhere too. I’d prefer a natural...

Hello! I was looking at my corals today and saw this guy on my candy cane. Tried looking online and I’m not sure if it’s a vermetid snail or a type of sponge. Can anyone offer any clarity and advise of what to do? I’m currently in the process of slowly transferring corals to a new tank and...

Hi, So I had a severe vermetid snail outbreak. The vermetid snails where everywhere, so I removed them by taking out every single rock and crushing the vermetids. I probably crushed more than 100 of them (the outbreak was bad). Fast forward a couple of weeks and I notice them appearing again...

been battling these little point of sale for over a year... I crush, I pluck, I starve them.... to no avail. Now that they’re growing on my sps I’m throwing in the towel. My tank is getting a complete over haul, putting my fish and coral in QT for a couple months. Luckily I just have a small 50g...

So by the title i'm wondering how you can get rid of vermetid snails, do i just get my fingers and crush them? there's so many on my rocks and a few on my frogspawn but don't seem to be bothering it (not making the polyps retract and heads close etc). is there anything that will eat them? a reef...

Can anyone help ID whether this is a vermetid snail or some other sort of tube worm? It looks like it's growing out from the skeleton of my acan.

Disclaimer: This thread is not to prove anything one way or another. It is "food for thought" after 15 years in the hobby and hundreds of dives in locations around the world. Please keep it civil and read it as just that, "food for thought". A good toilet read? lol This is a topic I've seen go...