Are these Vermited Snails (Pictures)

reefkeep3r · 05/14/2015, 01:30 PM

I have noticed this wight stringy stuff starting to grow more and more around my zoa's. Just today I see the spiral tube in the front of the frag. The zoas where QT for 3 weeks and in the DT for over a month before I saw anything growing on them.

If these are the snail should and how do I get rid of them.

Thanks.

Sk8r · 05/14/2015, 02:00 PM

Could be. Are they a problem with zoas? Never found them so with anything else. Just use a pocket knife.

reefkeep3r · 05/14/2015, 02:56 PM

They don't really seem to be affecting the Zoa's. I just don't want them to overrun the tank.

How would you use a knife without damaging the heads.

Sk8r · 05/14/2015, 03:07 PM

Carefully. That's the problem, not damaging the zoas. I don't currently run zoas, and these little worms have appeared in such numbers since I last did. I have a lot of them, and generally view them as part of the diversity I like to see in my tanks: I have lps, mostly, and the calcium supplementation I do just makes certain things very happy, including these guys. I really can't say if they hurt anything. My lps sting, so very few things bother them much. But you might ask in the zoa/softie forum.

reefkeep3r · 05/14/2015, 03:19 PM

I will post in that forum and see what they say.

Thanks for your help.

05/14/2015, 02:00 PM	#2
Sk8r RC Mod Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Spokane WA Posts: 34,628 Blog Entries: 55	Could be. Are they a problem with zoas? Never found them so with anything else. Just use a pocket knife. __________________ Sk8r Salinity 1.024-6; alkalinity 8.3-9.3 on KH scale; calcium 420; magnesium 1300, temp 78-80, nitrate .2. Ammonia 0. No filters: lps tank. Alk and cal won't rise if mg is low. Current Tank Info: 105g AquaVim wedge, yellow tang, sailfin blenny,royal gramma, ocellaris clown pair, yellow watchman, 100 microceriths, 25 tiny hermits, a 4" conch, 1" nassarius, recovering from 2 year hiatus with daily water change of 10%.

05/14/2015, 03:07 PM	#4
Sk8r RC Mod Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Spokane WA Posts: 34,628 Blog Entries: 55	Carefully. That's the problem, not damaging the zoas. I don't currently run zoas, and these little worms have appeared in such numbers since I last did. I have a lot of them, and generally view them as part of the diversity I like to see in my tanks: I have lps, mostly, and the calcium supplementation I do just makes certain things very happy, including these guys. I really can't say if they hurt anything. My lps sting, so very few things bother them much. But you might ask in the zoa/softie forum. __________________ Sk8r Salinity 1.024-6; alkalinity 8.3-9.3 on KH scale; calcium 420; magnesium 1300, temp 78-80, nitrate .2. Ammonia 0. No filters: lps tank. Alk and cal won't rise if mg is low. Current Tank Info: 105g AquaVim wedge, yellow tang, sailfin blenny,royal gramma, ocellaris clown pair, yellow watchman, 100 microceriths, 25 tiny hermits, a 4" conch, 1" nassarius, recovering from 2 year hiatus with daily water change of 10%.

05/14/2015, 02:56 PM	#3
reefkeep3r Registered Member Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: Chicago, IL Posts: 146	They don't really seem to be affecting the Zoa's. I just don't want them to overrun the tank. How would you use a knife without damaging the heads.

05/14/2015, 03:19 PM	#5
reefkeep3r Registered Member Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: Chicago, IL Posts: 146	I will post in that forum and see what they say. Thanks for your help.