Ok added these snails to my new tank...

brittonv · 05/05/2015, 08:20 PM

What is going on with this snail:

And what are these snails doing, this snail Lov'n?

Clowny88 · 05/05/2015, 09:16 PM

Giggity... That oughtta set your skimmer in a frenzy...

In other news, I don't know what that is, but it is quite interesting.

CStrickland · 05/05/2015, 10:33 PM

I have something like the first one on my rocks, and have been trying to figure it out. Was thinking maybe a baby version of this sponge? http://www.melevsreef.com/critters/white-sponge but mine aren't just in dark places...
Hoping someone settles it for us.

And yeah, they're doin it. That's why snails are better than hermits, they make love while crabs make murder

brittonv · 05/05/2015, 11:20 PM

Thanks guys, eventually Google Images showed me what I was looking for. Apparently this is a Tiger Cowry Snail and that white hands are part of the Mantle Tissue.... Cool!

http://www.waikikiaquarium.org/exper...s/tiger-cowry/

As far as Snail Sexy time goes, I guess they like the new digs!

CStrickland · 05/05/2015, 11:44 PM

That's verrry cool!!
I like how they don't know what it's for, so mysterious

jrp1588 · 05/06/2015, 08:32 AM

Definitely a cowrie, and definitely snail sex. I hope you got their permission to film that.

homer1475 · 05/06/2015, 08:35 AM

Lately I noticed my snails doing the same thing, except they always seem to be on opposite sides of the tank?

I eventually notice quite a few baby snails. Always figured they were somehow doing "IT".

jrp1588 · 05/06/2015, 08:43 AM

I imagine the fact that these two were on top of each other was a coincidence. Usually they just shoot their DNA into the current all willy-nilly.

05/05/2015, 08:20 PM	#1
brittonv Registered Member Join Date: Oct 2014 Posts: 227	Ok added these snails to my new tank... What is going on with this snail: And what are these snails doing, this snail Lov'n?

05/06/2015, 08:35 AM	#7
homer1475 Registered Member Join Date: Mar 2015 Location: Upstate NY Posts: 5,313	Lately I noticed my snails doing the same thing, except they always seem to be on opposite sides of the tank? I eventually notice quite a few baby snails. Always figured they were somehow doing "IT". __________________ 80G SCA Build: http://reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?t=2560256 Originally posted by der_wille_zur_macht: "He's just taking his lunch to work"

05/05/2015, 09:16 PM	#2
Clowny88 Registered Member Join Date: Dec 2014 Location: N. Illinois Posts: 270	Giggity... That oughtta set your skimmer in a frenzy... In other news, I don't know what that is, but it is quite interesting.

05/05/2015, 10:33 PM	#3
CStrickland Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2015 Location: New England, U.S. Posts: 4,595	I have something like the first one on my rocks, and have been trying to figure it out. Was thinking maybe a baby version of this sponge? http://www.melevsreef.com/critters/white-sponge but mine aren't just in dark places... Hoping someone settles it for us. And yeah, they're doin it. That's why snails are better than hermits, they make love while crabs make murder

05/05/2015, 11:20 PM	#4
brittonv Registered Member Join Date: Oct 2014 Posts: 227	Thanks guys, eventually Google Images showed me what I was looking for. Apparently this is a Tiger Cowry Snail and that white hands are part of the Mantle Tissue.... Cool! http://www.waikikiaquarium.org/exper...s/tiger-cowry/ As far as Snail Sexy time goes, I guess they like the new digs!

05/05/2015, 11:44 PM	#5
CStrickland Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2015 Location: New England, U.S. Posts: 4,595	That's verrry cool!! I like how they don't know what it's for, so mysterious

05/06/2015, 08:32 AM	#6
jrp1588 Registered Member Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Evansville, IN Posts: 1,864	Definitely a cowrie, and definitely snail sex. I hope you got their permission to film that.

05/06/2015, 08:43 AM	#8
jrp1588 Registered Member Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Evansville, IN Posts: 1,864	I imagine the fact that these two were on top of each other was a coincidence. Usually they just shoot their DNA into the current all willy-nilly.