What are these on my snails and in between my zoas?

[edress714]

Thanks!!

[davelin315]

Looks to be a vermetid snail.  More or less harmless unless you get a ton of them and then they start to take over and create problems when you reach into the tank.

[zygote2k]

good stuff! watch and observe, feed them too.

[edress714]

I just looked at the whole tank and they are all over the rocks. :(

[zygote2k]

unless you have millions, they're not usually an issue. 

[edress714]

I don't have millions lol just read they aren't nice to some corals

[zygote2k]

no reason to go on a killing spree. they're not going to hurt the corals. If you kill off everything that isn't a coral, your tank will be devoid of diversity. have a beer.

[davelin315]

They're not bad necessarily, but their slime trails can cause some issues.  For me, the big problem with them has always been that they grow on the underside of rocks and pose cut and puncture wound dangers when handling the rock.  Typically, though, when they overgrew something, I'd just snap them off and didn't get injured.  It was typically only when I wasn't very careful and had my arm in precarious positions that it would cause problems.

[sen5241b]

They are hard and sharp and I have cut my hand on them. Fortunately I did not then rub my hand on a zoa.

 

Also, I have had them grow on a clam shell and they seem to irritate the clam

Edited October 21, 2014 by sen5241b

[zygote2k]

They're not bad necessarily, but their slime trails can cause some issues.  For me, the big problem with them has always been that they grow on the underside of rocks and pose cut and puncture wound dangers when handling the rock.  Typically, though, when they overgrew something, I'd just snap them off and didn't get injured.  It was typically only when I wasn't very careful and had my arm in precarious positions that it would cause problems.

have you ever stuck your arm into an overflow box? These places should have strong warning signs to alert you of the possibility that this isn't a good place to put your arm into because there's millions of calcareous tubeworms that have a nasty habit of embedding themselves into your skin.

Bunnies are nice and soft and rarely bite.

[sen5241b]

have you ever stuck your arm into an overflow box? These places should have strong warning signs to alert you of the possibility that this isn't a good place to put your arm into because there's millions of calcareous tubeworms that have a nasty habit of embedding themselves into your skin.

Bunnies are nice and soft and rarely bite.

 

Pics of your bunny tank?