Small worm(?) curled up on powerhead cord

[franx]

This tank is only a month old, started with dry rock and dry sand, and currently houses a couple Ocellaris, a goby, pistol shrimp, a few hermit crabs and trochus snails. These must have arrived with one of those, but I can't find anything that looks similar on hitchhiker ID guides.

Looks like a small worm curled up on itself. There's another one on the same cord a few inches below this. Appreciate any help with an ID!

 

[Auto-pilot]

That's a vermetid worm/ snail

 

[vetteguy53081]

This tank is only a month old, started with dry rock and dry sand, and currently houses a couple Ocellaris, a goby, pistol shrimp, a few hermit crabs and trochus snails. These must have arrived with one of those, but I can't find anything that looks similar on hitchhiker ID guides.

Looks like a small worm curled up on itself. There's another one on the same cord a few inches below this. Appreciate any help with an ID!

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These are popping up this time of the year- Its a hydrazoan jellyfish

 

[ISpeakForTheSeas]

It does seem to be a vermetid snail.

 

[franx]

It seems like vermetid snail is the right call. I removed them, and it is a hard shell - I was assuming that wouldn't be the case.

I'll be removing them as I see them pop up - hopefully they don't get out of control! Thanks for the help all.

 

[vetteguy53081]

It seems like vermetid snail is the right call. I removed them, and it is a hard shell - I was assuming that wouldn't be the case.

I'll be removing them as I see them pop up - hopefully they don't get out of control! Thanks for the help all.

Agreed. Though this was soft according to pics

 

[franx]

Agreed. Though this was soft according to pics

I thought so too, right up until I grabbed it with tweezers and it didn't squish!