What Is Ths Thing???

crookedantler · 03/19/2008, 02:30 PM

I cam home today and found this slug looking thing in the side of my clam.It doesn't seem to be bothering it.I haven't added anything for awhile but some zoa frags and I would have seen this thing if it hitchhiked in on them so it must have been in the system for awhile.I have mainly zoas and palys,some rics,shrooms and the clam.Will this thing hurt anything?These are the best pics I could get.

new_world_disor · 03/19/2008, 02:34 PM

looks like a funny colour isopod. maybe wrong

arts007 · 03/19/2008, 02:37 PM

could be a vermetid snail, do you see any spider web like string coming out of it

styndall · 03/19/2008, 02:37 PM

It's a stomatella snail. They're beneficial algae eaters that stay small. If you're lucky, you've got lots more that you've just not seen yet.

styndall · 03/19/2008, 02:38 PM

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Originally posted by arts007
could be a vermetid snail, do you see any spider web like string coming out of it

It's definitely not a vermetid.

crookedantler · 03/19/2008, 02:39 PM

A stomatella snail? OK,so let it in the tank? It is kindda pretty,has 2 long atannas and the "meaty" part under the "shell" looks kindda sparkly.I like it,as long as it's not harmful,lol.

J. Montgomery · 03/19/2008, 02:41 PM

Definitely a stomatella. They're completely harmless, leave it in the tank.

BLKTANG · 03/19/2008, 02:48 PM

Nice growth on that clam.

crookedantler · 03/19/2008, 03:03 PM

Thanks,only had him for 6 weeks or so.He's at the top of my 35 hex under a 150 DE MH,I feed Reef Chili every other day.

03/19/2008, 02:30 PM	#1
crookedantler Registered Member Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Bedford,PA Posts: 174	What Is Ths Thing??? I cam home today and found this slug looking thing in the side of my clam.It doesn't seem to be bothering it.I haven't added anything for awhile but some zoa frags and I would have seen this thing if it hitchhiked in on them so it must have been in the system for awhile.I have mainly zoas and palys,some rics,shrooms and the clam.Will this thing hurt anything?These are the best pics I could get.

03/19/2008, 02:37 PM	#3
arts007 Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Illinois Posts: 600	could be a vermetid snail, do you see any spider web like string coming out of it __________________ Genius is 1 percent inspiration and 99% perspiration, which is why engineers sometimes smell really bad. Current Tank Info: 120g SPS reef tank. 2x 400 watt Reeflux 12k on lumenbrights

03/19/2008, 02:41 PM	#7
J. Montgomery Mouth Pipetting Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Charlottesville, VA Posts: 6,278	Definitely a stomatella. They're completely harmless, leave it in the tank. __________________ Josh

03/19/2008, 02:48 PM	#8
BLKTANG Registered Member Join Date: May 2005 Location: Never,Never Land Posts: 7,061	Nice growth on that clam. __________________ We the few have done so much,for so long,for so little.That we are now qualified to do anything with nothing. ____________________________________________________________________________ Current Tank Info: RR 90 Maganvore sump,250w Hamilton fixture,VorTec's ASM skimmer.

03/19/2008, 02:34 PM	#2
new_world_disor Registered Member Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: cardiff, wales Posts: 1,393	looks like a funny colour isopod. maybe wrong

03/19/2008, 02:37 PM	#4
styndall Registered Member Join Date: May 2007 Posts: 282	It's a stomatella snail. They're beneficial algae eaters that stay small. If you're lucky, you've got lots more that you've just not seen yet.

03/19/2008, 02:39 PM	#6
crookedantler Registered Member Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Bedford,PA Posts: 174	A stomatella snail? OK,so let it in the tank? It is kindda pretty,has 2 long atannas and the "meaty" part under the "shell" looks kindda sparkly.I like it,as long as it's not harmful,lol.

03/19/2008, 03:03 PM	#9
crookedantler Registered Member Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Bedford,PA Posts: 174	Thanks,only had him for 6 weeks or so.He's at the top of my 35 hex under a 150 DE MH,I feed Reef Chili every other day.