Wade Posted August 8, 2013 Share Posted August 8, 2013 I noticed this thing growing on one of my zoa frags, but couldn't get a good look at it until I pulled the frag out and snapped a picture of it. My closest guess is some kind of feather duster although I've not seen any in the tank for years. What say you? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
victoly Posted August 8, 2013 Share Posted August 8, 2013 vermetid snail. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sherita Posted August 8, 2013 Share Posted August 8, 2013 vermitid snail. Superglue his hole shut. He will aggravate your zoas. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wade Posted August 8, 2013 Author Share Posted August 8, 2013 (edited) Can I cut it off the frag to get rid of it? Edited August 8, 2013 by Wade Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wade Posted August 8, 2013 Author Share Posted August 8, 2013 OK. Crisis over. I scraped it off with a knife. Came off pretty easy. Scraped all remnants and then some ans rinsed it off. Hopefully that's the end of it. I haven't seen any others. Thanks all. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jmvanness Posted August 8, 2013 Share Posted August 8, 2013 I had one too that was irritating my cabbage leather, crushed and scraped the little bugger. lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bpb Posted August 8, 2013 Share Posted August 8, 2013 Man I've got a ton of those. Haven't really noticed excessive irritation. I've read accounts of them being so invasive they clog plumbing almost completely shut and kill large coral colonies. Others say they'll come and go in small numbers. My experience has been the latter. If the coral is easily removable, ill take it out and pull the vermatid off with some tweezers. Otherwise, while they're not plague proportions, they are too numerous to kill one at a time. They're a filter feeder. The more they have to feed on, the more numerous they'll be Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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