Resolved Another hitchiker

Any ID on this stringy clear stuff coming out of a small hole in my LR?

I think it could be a spaghetti worm? :-/

Here's a video, as a picture wouldn't do any good.


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I think you may be right.

 

If it retracts into the rock I think it is a ctenophore (comb jelly) how ever you spell it ;-)

 

It does retract into the rock. they are good right?

Anything un-reef safe about it? what does it do that is beneficial? (just curious to learn )

 

Ctenophores retract quickily. This is a mucus net slowly being pulled in by a vermetid snail. Monterey Bay Aquarium: Snail (Vermetid Gastropod) Feeding Video

BTW.....great thought on the ctenophore!!!

 

ahhh nasty little snot suckers...i usually crazy glue the top of the tube shut...they are fairly harmless snails though they can be an irritant to many corals causing them to retract...

 

Thanks for the help and link, inwall. K+

 

spaghetti worm i have like 5 of them thats what they do they scavenge a lot to keep the tank clean!