What the heck is growing out of my zoos

[jcandler]

So, I'm going to try and post a picture. I but some orange zoos and they are doing very well. When i got them I notice some little nubs growing out of the base rock, so i decided to let them grow and a month later they are really growing fast. Some identification help plz!!

[ashburn]

some type of tube worms.. i got bunch of them on my zoos as well then died off.

[Tigahboy]

are they hard or soft?

[jmt]

Vermetid snails.

[jcandler]

thanks everyone for your guys help.

 

Tiger- They appear to be hard but if you push on them a little bit they bend.

 

jmt- I think I would have to adgree with you. I am just surprised because they are about 4-5 inches high. Didn't realize they get that big. I was looking on line and there is still some debate whether they can be good or bad to the reef.

 

Any suggestions? Get rid of them or let them be?

[jenniebutterfly]

i don't know about getting rid of those, but you should kill that aiptasia back there

[lgreen]

possibly just a sponge. i would leave them, they look kind of cool.

 

doubt they are harmful.

[jcandler]

jennie- aiptasia has to go!!! Just haven't gotten around to it. I am graduating college this weekend, so things are a little crazy. But his name is dead after everything settles. Thinking of the injection method, but i need to find a syringe.

 

lgreen- I kind of like them myself as well. I will let them be.

[jenniebutterfly]

get a peppermint shrimp, mine ate the aiptasia on the rock i got from a fellow reefer. get 2 just in case though

[jmt]

They never leave their tube. Unless they're releasing something toxic into a water cloumn, I can't imagine they could be harmful.

 

Just don't let them get this big :woot: :