Is this a safe worm?

[reeferchief]

What kind of worm is this, if this is a worm? He was on the coral when I bought it and I haven't seen him since. I moved all my rock and rearranged the tank to give it a better reef set up and out came this guy again except now he is like 3 times the size he was when I got the coral..

 

[flower]

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Originally Posted by reeferchief http:///t/388391/is-this-a-safe-worm#post_3425017
What kind of worm is this, if this is a worm? He was on the coral when I bought it and I haven't seen him since. I moved all my rock and rearranged the tank to give it a better reef set up and out came this guy again except now he is like 3 times the size he was when I got the coral..

The site you posted does not take me to your worm picture.

 

[reeferchief]

boooo! lets try again

 

[reeferchief]

 

[reeferchief]

 

[reeferchief]

Sorry it is sideways but here is the picture finally! It is toward the bottom of the coral...

 

[bang guy]

It looks to be a Featherduster or a Vermetid Snail. Neither are harmful but the Vermetid can irritate corals with the "slime nets" they cast out and pull back in. I'm leaning toward it being a featherduster from the shape of it.
A clear closeup would allow a positive ID.

 

[reeferchief]

Thanks, i had a better close up on photobucket but it will not upload my photo for some reason. It appears to have 2 black dots on the end which I would assume are eyes??? So it is probably a snail. I don't want to kill if I don't have to and like I said he has been on there since the day I bought it.