terry's 25g starfire cube. new pics jan 30/10

[The Grizz]

Originally Posted by the marine apprentice

i am wondering what these things are. they are little brown tubes comming out of my rock there are three of them and they all have what it looks like is a little critter inside them. i have no idea what the heck they are but they seem to release some sort of stringy slime once in a while. does anyone know what they are??? please

they are the brown tubes on the rock to the right of my engineer goby

Might be a coco worm aka feather duster. I had some in my tank to.

[the marine apprentice]

i dunno greg. they have been on this rock since the day i got it from the store in town here. and ithey have been releasing this stringy stuff everyday, some days more then others

[The Grizz]

I have them on the bottom of my bubble and that was what I was told they are.

[the marine apprentice]

oh ok cool. will they grow bigger and actually look nice or will they just stay brown and ugly haha

[The Grizz]

not sure about that as mine are kinda hiden but if they are coco's they should, keep your Ca up.

[simplycoral]

They are Vermetid Snails Terry..

They can be a real pain if they multiply and the mucus netting they secrete to catch food can be irritating to corals and hobbyist..

Plug the end with putty like i do and they will soon die.

Regards,

Simon..

PS.. Tank is looking great

[the marine apprentice]

ok awesome thank you simon. i really need to get some of that putty you guys all speak of. i wouldnt mind using it to mount some of my coral on the rocks. im sick of them falling off all the time.

[The Grizz]

I have some of the putty Terry. And thanks to Simon as well good info from some one who's know's his stuff.