ID help

zelie_dad · 08/20/2016, 07:25 AM

I've noticed this guy Lukes to hang around the back of my overflow box. What is he?

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SeaCucumberFan · 08/20/2016, 07:50 AM

Limpet or nassarius snail

zelie_dad · 08/20/2016, 08:08 AM

Problem?

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SeaCucumberFan · 08/20/2016, 08:36 AM

No, great algae grazers

zelie_dad · 08/20/2016, 11:20 AM

Why does it want to hang out up there? Probably can't answer that. Oh well

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SeaCucumberFan · 08/20/2016, 06:27 PM

They eat up stuff so if your overflow has lots of "food" it will go there

Sugar Magnolia · 08/21/2016, 06:08 AM

It's a stomatella snail.

SeaCucumberFan · 08/21/2016, 07:37 AM

Man I keep mixing up stomatella and nassarius :/

getindavan · 08/21/2016, 01:18 PM

not harmful but they can multiply a lot

zelie_dad · 08/31/2016, 08:39 AM

I have seen a handful of small snails in my sump. They don't appear to be the same as that guy. If they are, I have no idea how it got into my dispay. Honestly, I have no idea how it got into my display even if it didn't come from the sump. I've been lucky. I haven't had any bad hitchhikers in my system other than one majano in my sump.

Do they reproduce sexually or asexually?

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C.Eymann · 08/31/2016, 08:48 AM

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Originally Posted by zelie_dad

I have seen a handful of small snails in my sump. They don't appear to be the same as that guy. If they are, I have no idea how it got into my dispay. Honestly, I have no idea how it got into my display even if it didn't come from the sump. I've been lucky. I haven't had any bad hitchhikers in my system other than one majano in my sump.

Do they reproduce sexually or asexually?

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from my knowledge most snails are hermaphrodites, so it can only take just one to reproduce.
My guess is they have been in the display the whole time, you only notice them in the sump, plus they tend to mainly be active at night, you could have a couple dozen in your display and you wouldn't even know it, till you start looking around when the lights are off.

CafeReef · 08/31/2016, 09:25 AM

that is hands down the largest photo I have ever seen posted. well done good sir

and yes I agree, most snails are hermaphrodites.

zelie_dad · 08/31/2016, 07:50 PM

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Originally Posted by CafeReef

that is hands down the largest photo I have ever seen posted. well done good sir

and yes I agree, most snails are hermaphrodites.

If I don't pick the "large thumbnail" image on imgur, it serves the images at it's full resolution. I think my cell phone camera is like 12 megapixels.

C.Eymann · 08/31/2016, 07:54 PM

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Originally Posted by zelie_dad

If I don't pick the "large thumbnail" image on imgur, it serves the images at it's full resolution. I think my cell phone camera is like 12 megapixels.

Well a super blown up photo never hurt anyone, better than the potato quality, completely blued out LED pics that get posted on here.

08/20/2016, 07:25 AM	#1
zelie_dad Always bring a towel Join Date: Jan 2016 Location: Zelienople, PA Posts: 363	ID help I've noticed this guy Lukes to hang around the back of my overflow box. What is he? Sent from my SM-G900V using Tapatalk __________________ "The problem in defense is how far you can go without destroying from within what you are trying to defend from without" ~Dwight D. Eisenhower Current Tank Info: 40B/40B mixed reef

08/20/2016, 08:08 AM	#3
zelie_dad Always bring a towel Join Date: Jan 2016 Location: Zelienople, PA Posts: 363	Problem? Sent from my SM-G900V using Tapatalk __________________ "The problem in defense is how far you can go without destroying from within what you are trying to defend from without" ~Dwight D. Eisenhower Current Tank Info: 40B/40B mixed reef

08/20/2016, 11:20 AM	#5
zelie_dad Always bring a towel Join Date: Jan 2016 Location: Zelienople, PA Posts: 363	Why does it want to hang out up there? Probably can't answer that. Oh well Sent from my SM-G900V using Tapatalk __________________ "The problem in defense is how far you can go without destroying from within what you are trying to defend from without" ~Dwight D. Eisenhower Current Tank Info: 40B/40B mixed reef

08/21/2016, 06:08 AM	#7
Sugar Magnolia Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Northern VA Posts: 17,691	It's a stomatella snail. __________________ Adrienne The only thing to fear is fear itself....and spiders.

08/31/2016, 08:39 AM	#10
zelie_dad Always bring a towel Join Date: Jan 2016 Location: Zelienople, PA Posts: 363	I have seen a handful of small snails in my sump. They don't appear to be the same as that guy. If they are, I have no idea how it got into my dispay. Honestly, I have no idea how it got into my display even if it didn't come from the sump. I've been lucky. I haven't had any bad hitchhikers in my system other than one majano in my sump. Do they reproduce sexually or asexually? Sent from my SM-G900V using Tapatalk __________________ "The problem in defense is how far you can go without destroying from within what you are trying to defend from without" ~Dwight D. Eisenhower Current Tank Info: 40B/40B mixed reef

08/20/2016, 07:50 AM	#2
SeaCucumberFan Moved On Join Date: May 2016 Location: Sleman, Yogyakarta, Central Java, Indonesia Posts: 858	Limpet or nassarius snail

08/20/2016, 08:36 AM	#4
SeaCucumberFan Moved On Join Date: May 2016 Location: Sleman, Yogyakarta, Central Java, Indonesia Posts: 858	No, great algae grazers

08/20/2016, 06:27 PM	#6
SeaCucumberFan Moved On Join Date: May 2016 Location: Sleman, Yogyakarta, Central Java, Indonesia Posts: 858	They eat up stuff so if your overflow has lots of "food" it will go there

08/21/2016, 07:37 AM	#8
SeaCucumberFan Moved On Join Date: May 2016 Location: Sleman, Yogyakarta, Central Java, Indonesia Posts: 858	Man I keep mixing up stomatella and nassarius :/

08/21/2016, 01:18 PM	#9
getindavan Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2010 Posts: 75	not harmful but they can multiply a lot

08/31/2016, 09:25 AM	#12
CafeReef Registered Member Join Date: Mar 2015 Location: Elkhorn, NE Posts: 1,405	that is hands down the largest photo I have ever seen posted. well done good sir and yes I agree, most snails are hermaphrodites. __________________ 50 Gallon cube