String weirdness in tank. Halp!!!

[Bauric]

Greetings glorious r2r community, I was hoping you could help me ID what is causing this weird string in my reef tank. I’ve seen/read of Vermetidae snails having a stringy tentacle that protrudes however this one is abdominally long and I couldn't track it back to any source. Any help would be hugely appreciated. Thanks in advanced.

 

[Timfish]

Vermitid worms feed by palying out a slime string to catch particles then slurp it up not a tenticle as you.ve appaerently been told. If the string breaks off it will take some time before it dissolves. So my guess is you've got a vermitid someplace.

 

[Goaway]

While this could be vermetid snail web, it could also be a spionid worms feeders. Some species can really extend those tentacles to catch food with.

 

[srobertb]

Vermitid snail probably. Find the tube, seal it with superglue is my suggestion or crush it depending on if you’re a “hulk” or “Hannibal lecter” kind of pest killer.

Second guess is a hair. I have no idea how my wife’s hair get in my fish tank but a few times a year I have to de-tangle one from an SPS colony.

 

[Bauric]

Thank you for the feedback everyone. I am aware that I do have a few vermetid snails in the tank, I also have a pack of bumble bee snails keeping those in check, it was just weird as this string looking thing was at least a foot in length if not longer and I could not trace either end to anything identifiable. I will keep an eye and see if once i plug some of the vermetidae with superglue this thing comes back. You guys are awesome for all the helpful feedback. Happy Reefing yall!!

 

[IslandLifeReef]

Thank you for the feedback everyone. I am aware that I do have a few vermetid snails in the tank, I also have a pack of bumble bee snails keeping those in check, it was just weird as this string looking thing was at least a foot in length if not longer and I could not trace either end to anything identifiable. I will keep an eye and see if once i plug some of the vermetidae with superglue this thing comes back. You guys are awesome for all the helpful feedback. Happy Reefing yall!!

A more simple explanation for the stringy thing is it is a strand of hair that got into your tank. I've seen it before. You don't notice until they get tangled on the rock and then stream out in the flow.