What type of worm is this?

[FLOPPYFISH]

It lives in this outgrowth on my LR. It looks like a spaghetti noodle sticking out of the rock, and has what looks like saliva drooling from it. I just noticed that there was a worm pr something living in there today. I seen what looked like a head so I stuck my scraper in and I could see him backing down into the rock(through the tansparent spaghetti noodle thingie). What is this?
Thanks Matt

 

[Anonymous]

got picture?

check out the hitchiker faq's

 

[FLOPPYFISH]

This is basically what it looks like.

 

[Anonymous]

Uh, that's a snail. It builds the tube shaped shell to extend itse'f into the water column and then goes fishing with mucous threads. I've got one that came in with some LR. I've seen them for sail for $30 in LFSs too. He's actually a very cool critter and oh so harmless.

 

[Anonymous]

The picture you have there is of a peanut worm, for the life of me I cannot remember what the latin name is for it.

What you describe in the first post sounds like a vermatid snail. They send out strands and real them back in to eat of the stuff they caught.

 

[Chucker]

The pic cited is from the HHFAQ, and the detail on the ID can be found on the HHFAQ pages

 

[FLOPPYFISH]

Yep, just looked it up, looks more like this. The snail thingie

 

[FLOPPYFISH]

Also, I have been having problems keeping my substrate clean on top, IE algae. I have 12 blue legs and 4 turbos. Should i get different species of hermits, snails or should I get a star?

 

[Anonymous]

I would try a fighting conch, just one will do the trick.
I got one a few months ago, and just can't stop singing it's praises for keeping sand clean.

 

[FLOPPYFISH]

Will that be good in my 20g^

 

[Anonymous]

oh, Maybe not, According to Dr Ron "The snails need about a square foot of open (sand) area per inch of snail length" So I think they may run out of food in a 20 as they grow.