Vermatid Snail?
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Yes it is! Total pest so make sure it doesn't go into display.
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No, they have hard shell. Some are easy than others depending on the size and area they cover.
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Nope! Hard as a rock, can't pick it off.
I was under the impression Vermatids were mostly harmless, but can spread? My plan was just to superglue the hole, but this frag has been in my display for months - I only noticed it on the back of the plug when I was doing some moving around.
seem like it. doesn't look as purple as i've seen them to be. still would scrape it off. that is a big one!
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They are mostly harmless but can spread quickly into corals, rocks, etc. You can super glue the hole. I personally would take a sharp tool or knife and cut it off.
Vermited have a very small, swirling shell with a thin tube coming up off of it. There is no soft to it. The tubes can be very short to over an inch long.
I'm wondering what that is on the skeleton...
Given there is a vermited tube on the existing plug, I would completely remove that coral from the plug ( It probably has small snails on it. You can't see yet). Also scour the entire skeleton. Looking for any more. They often require being crushed completely and glued over, or scraped off with a hard object.
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Vermited have a very small, swirling shell with a thin tube coming up off of it. There is no soft to it. The tubes can be very short to over an inch long.
I'm wondering what that is on the skeleton...
Given there is a vermited tube on the existing plug, I would completely remove that coral from the plug ( It probably has small snails on it. You can't see yet). Also scour the entire skeleton. Looking for any more. They often require being crushed completely and glued over, or scraped off with a hard object.
The swirly thing you have circled is what I am interested in finding out actually - that's what I thought was a vermatid. If not a snail, I have no earthly idea what it could be.
I kind of assumed you were looking at the swirly thing, center frame but given there was actually a vermitid In the picture were getting "wrong" answers.
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Heh, well yeah... I have no earthly idea what this tube is. I dont want to keep an eye on it to see if it grows, but I'm a bit lost.
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highlighted areas are vermatid, is this a hammer coral? , It could be a sponge of some kind just irratating and preventing from opening, could you get a better pic of this area (the purple looking slime) you referred toHey all,
Just looking to validate my thought. Below is a vermatid, correct? Thanks!
have had vermitid snails in crevices that all I could see was their "net" who were eliminated by death by dental pick and addition of some bumble bees and have never seen the mucus nets anywhere again; I know the plural of anecdote is not data and so don't know for sure the snails played a role.
I too have had a larger calcareous tube grow on the base of a tort which looks just like what you have on the plug, which I wasn't sure of, but convinced myself it was a big VS, even though I never saw the mucoid net, but it stopped growing after addition of said bumble bees - again anecdotes/not data.
So I don't know what the larger tube is either, I had convinced myself it was a big VS in my tank
I too have had a larger calcareous tube grow on the base of a tort which looks just like what you have on the plug, which I wasn't sure of, but convinced myself it was a big VS, even though I never saw the mucoid net, but it stopped growing after addition of said bumble bees - again anecdotes/not data.
So I don't know what the larger tube is either, I had convinced myself it was a big VS in my tank
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I was told mine was a large VS as well. My acan was going through a slow death for a while and i just didn't know why. low and behold, i picked up one day to move it because i thought it was a lighting issue. Since the removal of the beastly VS, acan started thriving.
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They will get in eventually. Pick this off though because it's better not to introduce them.
I like to keep at least 1 bumblebee snail per 20 gallons as a precaution to take them out before they can do any damage if I miss one.
I like to keep at least 1 bumblebee snail per 20 gallons as a precaution to take them out before they can do any damage if I miss one.
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This is actually just lighting from the tank in the background, aside from this weird hitchhiker the hammer is super happy. Wide open all day and reacts really well to spotfeeding.highlighted areas are vermatid, is this a hammer coral? , It could be a sponge of some kind just irratating and preventing from opening, could you get a better pic of this area (the purple looking slime) you referred to
This is the internet my friend, your opinion on something is also data. Get with the program
I'm just going to glue the opening and see what happens. Ironically enough, this thread made me realize there's a tiny vermatid on it too.. So yay learning?
This is a good call. I may have to pick one up. Thanks!
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