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    anyone know what this is?

    only been a reefer for almost 2 yrs and havent seen one of these until today in my kids 55gl

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    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
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    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.
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    Quote Originally Posted by saxman View Post
    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
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    yeah it has 2 openings, will their size increase?
    sorry did i post in the wrong place? im new to forums

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    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.
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    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!
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    Vermetid gastropod
    http://s704.photobucket.com/albums/ww49/lancelesko/
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    oops didn't see someone answered this already

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    Quarantine quarantine quarantine your tank's will thank you and so will your corals u'll also avoid a lot of aggravation with pests, predators, or disease's that come on coral's or live rock or fish

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    i dunno why i didn't post a pic, but here's one to compare it to:

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    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.

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    They will increase the length of their tube until they clear any obtructions immediately near by.

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    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.
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    beautiful brain coral ^

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    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.

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    sometimes the best way to care for a coral is not to if that makes sense ^

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    Yea, the more we try to make it perfect the more we destabilize things.

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    wow great pics guys !

    thanx everyone

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    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

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    Aaron, I have some that are covered in purple coralline, could that be the case with yours?
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