little tubes on snails?

[hammcd]

seems i have lots of questions today....i have noticed on my snails they occasionally have little white tube-like things hanging on their shells...are these a type of parasite?...i cant get a good picture of them because they are so tiny...do i need to get rid of them somehow?
thanks

 

[KrisDeitz]

I have the same. I was told by a LFS that it was a worm at one point. But mine are empty. Mine looked like little burrow holes that had twist and turns

 

[KrisDeitz]

I will try to snag a picture to make sure we are talking about the same thing

 

[hammcd]

hmm...i have little white corkscrew thingys on the glass occasionally..these things look like little brown or white tubes on the snails...very tiny

 

[jennm]

Normal. They are either tiny tubeworms or vermatid snails.

Good, not bad.

Jenn

 

[hammcd]

ahh ok..what do tubeworms do?

 

[jennm]

Nothing much. They filter feed.

In other words, they aren't anything to worry about.

Jenn

 

[rbredding]

I've got them on the cords that extend to my Tunze powerheads...

and on the snails/live rock, etc..