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Michael
12-01-2009, 03:00 PM
only been a reefer for almost 2 yrs and havent seen one of these until today in my kids 55gl
Captinsmooth
12-01-2009, 03:11 PM
Looks like the some type of feather duster tube. Is that a opening on the top?

An post it in here you can be the first...lol Invertebrate ID - The Talkingreef Community (http://www.talkingreef.com/forums/invertebrate-id/)
saxman
12-01-2009, 03:51 PM
it's a Vermetid gastropod. it will send out a web-like net to catch food particles in the water column and pull them in.
Phurst
12-01-2009, 04:07 PM
it's a Vermetid gastropod. it will send out a web-like net to catch food particles in the water column and pull them in.


Yup, that's it :)
Michael
12-01-2009, 04:53 PM
yeah it has 2 openings, will their size increase?
sorry did i post in the wrong place? im new to forums
CarmieJo
12-02-2009, 01:22 AM
This was the perfect place to post it. The openings don't increase in diameter but there is another species that is thinner. I have both types.
THEJRC
12-02-2009, 01:36 PM
they do tend to become abundant, not a bad thing really as they're good critters to have. Just watch your hands when working in the tank they can give you quite the poke!
lance
12-02-2009, 04:22 PM
Vermetid gastropod
lance
12-02-2009, 04:23 PM
oops didn't see someone answered this already :cry:

lance
saxman
12-03-2009, 05:48 PM
i dunno why i didn't post a pic, but here's one to compare it to:

http://i285.photobucket.com/albums/ll73/hixphotobucket/critters/gastro.jpg
rroselavy
12-07-2009, 03:39 PM
I've got quite a few Vermetids in my tank. Big ones and small ones. I have read that they sometimes clog pumps when their population grows too large. I sometimes find deposits in my pumps, but nothing that affects performance. Once in a while I go on crushing spree with a pair of forceps to eliminate the ones who cast webs near my corals, but I otherwise leave them be.
2in10
12-19-2009, 08:36 PM
They will increase the length of their tube until they clear any obtructions immediately near by.
2in10
12-19-2009, 09:31 PM
Here are a couple of pics to illustrate. The first shows my open brain it is about 7.5 x 5 x 3inches tall in the pic.

The second shows a vermitid snail. The tube is about 2 inches tall. It is almost 3/16 in diameter.
lance
12-20-2009, 12:52 AM
beautiful brain coral ^

lance
2in10
12-20-2009, 01:27 AM
Thanks, got lucky and beat everyone to at my now defunct LFS a year ago. Seems to be pretty hardy with standing a little lazy management.
lance
12-20-2009, 02:37 AM
sometimes the best way to care for a coral is not to if that makes sense ^

lance
2in10
12-20-2009, 10:37 AM
Yea, the more we try to make it perfect the more we destabilize things.
Michael
12-29-2009, 03:59 PM
wow great pics guys !

thanx everyone
alowman
01-31-2010, 12:48 PM
I have one that is a deep purple? is this a normal color variant? or does this mean mine is a different species? Thank you for any answers
-Aaron
CarmieJo
01-31-2010, 01:09 PM
Aaron, I have some that are covered in purple coralline, could that be the case with yours?