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They’re not Vermatid snails bc they do not have a shell. They are irritating the base tissue of some of my acros.
 
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I had something similar and only could see the tentacles in my gsp and got told that worm above.also 3 pictures of a spaghetti worm that i pulled out to save after finding isopods and possible sundial snail.
Spionid worms have 2 tentacles and spaghetti worms multiply
 

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I don’t think they’re spaghetti worms either. There is no base. Basically just living tentacle.
 

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I don't know what kind of critter these are. But I know what it is not. It is not any form of spaghetti - medusa - spinoid worm. Not a verintid snail. I do not believe it is a hydriod either.
If you have a wrasse I am amazed they didn't eat the bug. I still have yet to find out what these stalk type creatures are.
 
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At least you found it. I guess the movement threw me off. There is a type of worm that anchors to the rock that grazes around its location.
Now I just need to find a method that will kill them.
 

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Dwarf angels, but they may get your corals. Manual removal. Take tweezers to them. When I had them, they died from starvation.
It's been awhile since your response, but just seeing how the tweezers worked long term for you? I recently found some and hopefully the population is small enough to attempt this.
 

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It's been awhile since your response, but just seeing how the tweezers worked long term for you? I recently found some and hopefully the population is small enough to attempt this.
Smaller populations, yes. Or any visible population that doesn't feel over whelming to scrape/pluck off of the rocks. Worst part is, if they are in holes of the rock and you can't get a good grip on the stems. You could chisel that portion off. I never tried to super glue them.
 

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