inkto Posted August 16, 2004 Share Posted August 16, 2004 Hello all, Can anybody point me in the right direction to do some research on this worm? It started as a small (< 1mm) wide translucent deep red tube that began to grow and coil on top of itself until there were about 6 coils. It appears to only be growing larger near the opening now (which is ~2mm across). There are two black tentacles visible exiting the tube. I also have some of these on my astrea snails though they have remained much smaller. Thanks for any ideas...ben Link to comment
inkto Posted August 17, 2004 Author Share Posted August 17, 2004 shameless bump in the night Link to comment
inkto Posted August 18, 2004 Author Share Posted August 18, 2004 fyi: appears to be a 'worm shell' from Family Vermetidae link Link to comment
Doc Shake Posted August 18, 2004 Share Posted August 18, 2004 yea, its a vermetid snail. i like them, the mucus nets they spin pick up all sorts of crap out of the water. Link to comment
kappa Posted August 18, 2004 Share Posted August 18, 2004 Cool I needed an ID for soemthing like that. Turns out that I have the same thing. At first I thought that it was releasing alot of waste, so I kept sucking it up, but now I know it is a web to catch food. gezz, that web is always getting on my green cap because the snail lives behind the same rock as the monti cap. Link to comment
inkto Posted September 27, 2004 Author Share Posted September 27, 2004 Here is an updated picture of the vermetid snail previously posted. The two pictures depict 5 weeks of growth... fairly impressive, I think. His mucus web is also becoming quite impressive. It's amazing the things that appear as our artificial environments mature and grow more capable of supporting life. Link to comment
CSMReef Posted September 28, 2004 Share Posted September 28, 2004 What type of worm is in kappa's picture??? I have one of those in my tank that I noticed last night it has 4 little antennas just like the one in the picture... are they harmful to my tank? Thanks for anyone who can help me on this! Link to comment
kappa Posted October 4, 2004 Share Posted October 4, 2004 Mine is a vermetid snail. It spins web like strings and releases them all over to capture food, and lives in a tube like shell home that it also makes. I killed it becaause the webs were getting caught all over my monti cap which was on the same rock. The snail is harmless. Link to comment
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