snail id please

diablo30xp · 05/21/2010, 02:09 PM

Need a little help to id this snail as a good snail or bad one, cuz i have alot of them in my tank..

Toddrtrex · 05/21/2010, 03:38 PM

Hard to tell the size of them from the pictures, but if they are pretty small, I believe that they are harmless little hitchhikers. The name escapes me right now.

To give an idea, here are the ones that I have in my tanks,

For size reference, my blue Haddoni and pink skunk in the back ground,

dcombs44 · 05/21/2010, 03:48 PM

Not 100% positive, but they look like colonista.

Reef-Safe.

Here's an ID page. See if this is what you're looking at.

http://melevsreef.com/id/collonista.html

NOTE IT'S THE SMALL SNAIL, NOT THE BIG ONE IN THE PICTURE.

100%hydrophylic · 05/21/2010, 05:13 PM

i have those itty bitty snails that todd posted, but the markings on the original posters snail look more like zebra turbo markings than the other ones. my little snails have a more brown coloration in their stripes, while the zebras markings are more black and thicker. thats just my opinion though. either way they are harmless and helpful

dcombs44 · 05/24/2010, 07:27 AM

The thing you have to be careful of when IDing these is that they are not Sundial snails. They are common hitchhikers and will munch on zoas. They look similar to collonistas but have a rougher shell pattern.

05/21/2010, 03:38 PM	#2
Toddrtrex Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Carol Stream, IL Posts: 23,162	Hard to tell the size of them from the pictures, but if they are pretty small, I believe that they are harmless little hitchhikers. The name escapes me right now. To give an idea, here are the ones that I have in my tanks, For size reference, my blue Haddoni and pink skunk in the back ground, __________________ Click my name and then "visit toddrtrex's homepage" for tank pictures Current Tank Info: 210g reef and 65g reef

05/21/2010, 03:48 PM	#3
dcombs44 Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Southern Illinois Posts: 2,913	Not 100% positive, but they look like colonista. Reef-Safe. Here's an ID page. See if this is what you're looking at. http://melevsreef.com/id/collonista.html NOTE IT'S THE SMALL SNAIL, NOT THE BIG ONE IN THE PICTURE. __________________ Current Setup: 10 Gallon Skimmerless Zoanthid Tank Lighting: Single 175 Watt Metal Halide (14,000 K Hamilton Lamp) Filtration: 10 gallon sump/refugium and Phosban Reactor Return: Mag Drive 700 Controller: ReefKeeper Lite (Basic Version) Circulation: TBD Age of System: Build is in Progress

05/21/2010, 05:13 PM	#4
100%hydrophylic Registered Member Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: GA Posts: 1,636	i have those itty bitty snails that todd posted, but the markings on the original posters snail look more like zebra turbo markings than the other ones. my little snails have a more brown coloration in their stripes, while the zebras markings are more black and thicker. thats just my opinion though. either way they are harmless and helpful __________________ :) Current Tank Info: 75g mixed reef, 28g nano SPS

05/24/2010, 07:27 AM	#5
dcombs44 Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Southern Illinois Posts: 2,913	The thing you have to be careful of when IDing these is that they are not Sundial snails. They are common hitchhikers and will munch on zoas. They look similar to collonistas but have a rougher shell pattern. __________________ Current Setup: 10 Gallon Skimmerless Zoanthid Tank Lighting: Single 175 Watt Metal Halide (14,000 K Hamilton Lamp) Filtration: 10 gallon sump/refugium and Phosban Reactor Return: Mag Drive 700 Controller: ReefKeeper Lite (Basic Version) Circulation: TBD Age of System: Build is in Progress

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