scallop or abalone hitch hiker?

clownchic · 01/18/2007, 10:15 AM

Last night I was watching my tank with only the moonlights on and all of a sudden I see something moving under the sand. As it moved it was leaving a trench in the sand behind it. I waited a few minutes for something to surface and that's when I see what looked like a scallop or abalone (but it was on end moving under the sand). I dug it out of the sand and it was about 1" in diameter and a creamy white color. I watched it as it moved from laying on its side to vertical again. It slowly wiggled down into the sand and disappeared. What is it?

Sorry I didn't get a picture of it. It didn't look like anything special, the way it tunneled through the sand is what was amazing. It moved at a pretty good pace (about like a nassarius snail).

papagimp · 01/18/2007, 10:19 AM

Not a clue without photo's, but sounds like something cool, lol

01/18/2007, 10:15 AM	#1
clownchic Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Kansas City, MO Posts: 429	scallop or abalone hitch hiker? Last night I was watching my tank with only the moonlights on and all of a sudden I see something moving under the sand. As it moved it was leaving a trench in the sand behind it. I waited a few minutes for something to surface and that's when I see what looked like a scallop or abalone (but it was on end moving under the sand). I dug it out of the sand and it was about 1" in diameter and a creamy white color. I watched it as it moved from laying on its side to vertical again. It slowly wiggled down into the sand and disappeared. What is it? Sorry I didn't get a picture of it. It didn't look like anything special, the way it tunneled through the sand is what was amazing. It moved at a pretty good pace (about like a nassarius snail). __________________ It's all good. Current Tank Info: 25 gallon reef with clown, coral beauty & dragonet, soft corals. 90 gallon reef: a few SPS,many LPS,3 dispar anthias,2 XL chromis, pair of percula clowns,yellow tang,royal gramma copperband butterfly. Deltec 600MCE, 2X250 HQI, two 6000 Tunze str

01/18/2007, 10:19 AM	#2
papagimp COMAS Rocks! Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Oklahoma City, OK Posts: 8,185 Blog Entries: 2	Not a clue without photo's, but sounds like something cool, lol __________________ 58g Softie & 75g Stoney Member, Central Oklahoma Marine Aquarium Society Current Tank Info: 58g Mixed Reef Project - Started June 2011