Hard red tube like creature on hermit crabs shell

[Parsely]

On one of my hermit crabs shell I noticed a red curling tube. It looks like there could be a little black head of some sort protruding from the tube. I have tried to get it with tweezers but never had any luck. The red tube is hard but thin and brittle, like a very thin shell. I broke it with a pair of tweezers a few weeks ago but now it has grown back fully like nothing ever happened!

Any clue on what this is??

 

[Kasrift]

On one of my hermit crabs shell I noticed a red curling tube. It looks like there could be a little black head of some sort protruding from the tube. I have tried to get it with tweezers but never had any luck. The red tube is hard but thin and brittle, like a very thin shell. I broke it with a pair of tweezers a few weeks ago but now it has grown back fully like nothing ever happened!

Any clue on what this is??

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Vermetid snail, pest and reproduce quick. I'd pull it off the shell to kill it.

 

[AydenLincoln]

It looks like a vermetid snail!

 

[Blake509]

Looks like vermitid snail crush it

 

[Fish Styx]

+1 vermatid snail.

 

[Parsely]

Thanks for the quick responses guys. Just pulling it off with tweezers will do the trick? I tried that about a month ago and it came back!

 

[Fish Styx]

Thanks for the quick responses guys. Just pulling it off with tweezers will do the trick? I tried that about a month ago and it came back!

Crush it with pliers and cover it with CA glue or epoxy.

 

[Rick's Reviews]

Just glue it up, anything on the shell will not hurt hermits, glue it, scrub it, it will not harm hermits inside

 

[vetteguy53081]

On one of my hermit crabs shell I noticed a red curling tube. It looks like there could be a little black head of some sort protruding from the tube. I have tried to get it with tweezers but never had any luck. The red tube is hard but thin and brittle, like a very thin shell. I broke it with a pair of tweezers a few weeks ago but now it has grown back fully like nothing ever happened!

Any clue on what this is??

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Take a pliers and snap this off at the base and clear away any leftover remnants by scraping it away with a Paring knife

 

[Parsely]

Crush it with pliers and cover it with CA glue or epoxy.

Will do! Thanks!

 

[Parsely]

Take a pliers and snap this off at the base and clear away any leftover remnants by scraping it away with a Paring knife

Is it ok for the hermit to be out of the water while I do this?

 

[vetteguy53081]

Is it ok for the hermit to be out of the water while I do this?

Yes and forgot to say- Do this is a bowl of tank water

 

[Parsely]

Yes and forgot to say- Do this is a bowl of tank water

great! Thanks for the advice!

 

[BeanAnimal]

I have absolutely no problem with vermatid snails. Poor guys get a bad wrap and rarely (if ever) do any actual harm. They could agrivate a close by coral, but even then usually don't. They are just part of a diverse ecosystem, same with spirobids , bristles, etc.

If they get out of control in your system (like anything else... I assume you have other issues).