what are these?

[Mark3]

What are the little (about a quarter inch) pointy creatures that grow all over everything....pipes, rock, snails and shells. They have a long string from the top of them, making like a spider web string. I know they are very common, but they are getting to be something I would like to decrease.

Does anyone know how to decrease their numbers?

Thanks for your time
Mark

 

[KJ]

Pic help id.

 

[saltyfilmfolks]

vermetid snail
super glue putty manual removal

http://www.lionfishlair.com/hitchhiker.shtml

 

[Mark3]

 

[Mark3]

See all those little spikes on the rock.....those are what I am talking about

 

[saltyfilmfolks]

vermetid snail
super glue putty manual removal

http://www.lionfishlair.com/hitchhiker.shtml

 

[Mark3]

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[Mark3]

not sure of way to post photo? ....do you see it?


are you saying the way to get rid of these are manual removal? I have thousands of them all over the tank.

 

[saltyfilmfolks]

I do. didnt need it.
Yea usually in smaller outbreaks is manual removal or putty.
in larger numbers it means a big scrub and dip.

 

[Mark3]

So, are they a type of snail then? They don't move, I thought they were more like some type of worm? Kinda like a feather duster.

 

[KJ]

So, are they a type of snail then

Tube Snail, Gastropod.

 

[saltyfilmfolks]

Check out the lionfishlair hitchhiker link. We call em snot worms. usually they spit out a snot string to eat. a feather duster will have feathers. Looks like a snot worm to me.

 

[Mark3]

Thanks for the Hitchhiker link, ... found it to be great help.

 

[Mark3]

Yep....snot worm is a good description of it....and why I want to decrease them in my tank.

Thanks again,
Mark