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    Question ID on tiny hair like things growing on snail's shell

    Hi all, Ive got a snail with some really odd looking white fibrous things growing on its shell. I took a couple pictures with my iphone, but it may be a little hard to make out. Basically it's a white stalk with a tiny bulb at the end that has several smaller stalks coming out of it.

    I noticed this a few weeks ago and it hasn't spread anywhere. The snail seems fine. He moves around and eats as usual. Any ideas?
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    Re: ID on tiny hair like things growing on snail's shell

    I moved your post out of the Fish Forum and into the Reef Forum. The subject is more in line with invertebrates and reefs than it has to do with marine fish.

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    Post your fish care and health questions on the Reefland MARINE FISH: CARE, HEALTH AND DISEASE TREATMENT Forum.

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    Re: ID on tiny hair like things growing on snail's shell

    that would be a snail hitching anemones you can see more about them here...their pretty common in the wild...Snail-hitching sea anemones on the Shores of Singapore


 

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