Mystery Slug

[yveterinarian]

Anyone have any idea what this might be? I found it in my reef tank today after the sleeper goby was digging around.

It looks to be some sort of slug but maybe a snail before it grows it's shell if that's possible? For now I have put it into the sump until I know what it is.

 

[TORX]

PEanut Worm

 

[TORX]

Havent read anything bad about them. http://www.reefkeeping.com/issues/2004-04/rs/

 

[yveterinarian]

Very interesting article. Thank you. I believe you are right and I have a peanut worm.

 

[heath]

how in the world did you get it in your tank..

 

[yveterinarian]

Who know what hitch hikers come in on things we purchase? There are a whole host of things that take a ride on rock and corals that we put into our tanks. As long as it isn't considered a bad thing for my tank I'm quite happy to have seen one. The article doesn't mention it being bad, just boring.

 

[heath]

As long as its not bad we can handle boring

 

[Kman]

It is a peanut worm like Torx said. I have never had issue with them. They normally come in on liverock.

 

[TORX]

They come on liverock, they are good, they eat deitris, but they have a ferocious appetites, so in most home aquariums they starve and die off eventually.