Need to know what this is

[WhySoSeriousDory]

Moving all coral to new tank and this hammer has had something growing on it.

What is it?

What to do before moving -

Thanks in advance

 

[WhySoSeriousDory]

Ps: the lights are off so that’s why it’s closed up.

 

[Sisterlimonpot]

Those are vermited snails... grab them from the base and break them off completely or else you'll have a tank full of them within a year.

 

[redfishbluefish]

Appears to be a Vermetid snail, but I don't do well with this kind of posts....let see what @ISpeakForTheSeas has to say

 

[WhySoSeriousDory]

I have an exacto, should I cut it off or dremel the bottom part of skeleton

 

[Sisterlimonpot]

I have an exacto, should I cut it off or dremel the bottom part of skeleton

I wouldn’t use a dremel. You just need to pop it off where it attaches to the euphyllia. If you wedge a tool in the right spot, it will pop the entire shell off as one.

 

[KrisReef]

I have an exacto, should I cut it off or dremel the bottom part of skeleton

I smash the tubes until I see snail guts, and then scrape the flesh out to remove any life. They don't like having a broken shell. If you prefer a straight cut on your frags a dremel or exacto might work fine.

 

[WhySoSeriousDory]

Thank you all!

 

[WhySoSeriousDory]

And the dremel wouldn’t be for the snail it’d be for the skeleton. I don’t car how short the base is