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Unread 03/18/2015, 08:10 PM   #1
kendrid
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Snail ID please

My tank is 1.5 years old so not exactly new but this is the first time i have seen this. It was at the base of a frogspawn eating bubble algae pieces. I pruned bubble algae tonight and I have seen these eating the parts I missed.






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Unread 03/18/2015, 08:22 PM   #2
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collonista snail?


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Unread 03/18/2015, 09:38 PM   #3
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do you have a "profile" shot of it? many snails looks alike from the top, but a profile shot can help.


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Unread 03/19/2015, 03:48 AM   #4
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It looks like a Stomatella snail IMO.

https://images.search.yahoo.com/yhs/...mp=yhs-att_001


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Unread 03/19/2015, 10:30 AM   #6
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It looks like a Stomatella snail IMO.

https://images.search.yahoo.com/yhs/...mp=yhs-att_001
I think we have a winner. They are very long and slug like with only a small part covered by a shell.

Reef safe and they are munching on bubble algae left overs I missed on the rocks. I hope they breed more.


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Unread 03/19/2015, 10:34 AM   #7
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I think we have a winner. They are very long and slug like with only a small part covered by a shell.

Reef safe and they are munching on bubble algae left overs I missed on the rocks. I hope they breed more.
These are the main snails i see in my DT that I did not ever intentionally add.

They seem to reproduce well in my system. Every once in a while when my main lights go out and just the blues are on, ill see one or two of these guys climb to the highest rock in the tank and squirt eggs into the water column.


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