What is this on a newly bought Trochus snail?

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Help I bought a trochus snail but does it have small red bubble algae and is there a vermitide snail on there? Or is that red stuff coraline?

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Looks like a mix of red algea and green barnacles. Some barnacles can grow and slow the host down to the point of starvation. If it starts to get bigger break the barnacle coneIs he safe
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Looks like a mix of red algea and green barnacles. Some barnacles can grow and slow the host down to the point of starvation. If it starts to get bigger break the barnacle cone
I am not sure if I should put him in. Guess I won’t. Looks like tiny red bubbles encrusted in him.
 

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I am not sure if I should put him in. Guess I won’t. Looks like tiny red bubbles encrusted in him.
There are different forms and stages of coraline algea I would put it in tank and let it do its thing
 

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