Need identification - What are these?

jimmyhof · 01/20/2008, 04:04 PM

These started to appear a couple of months ago. I was worried they were flat worms, but they do not seem to move. Maybe a snail egg. They appear mostly on coraline on the glass, clams or rock. After a while they fall off and disappear.

Any ideas

zooloo · 01/20/2008, 04:46 PM

i was getting them in one of my tanks for a while they are not flat worms im not totally sure what they are though..

livingcorals · 01/21/2008, 03:06 PM

Might be a Sundial Snail. If so toss them out. Type of Zoanthid Predator.

Also what type of snails do you have in the tank for clean'n crew?

jimmyhof · 01/21/2008, 03:15 PM

Nerite, turbo, nasarrius. Don't think its a a sundial becuase my zoos are thriving.

livingcorals · 01/21/2008, 04:32 PM

Can you get a close up of them? You can still have the sundial but not notice anything till later when they get some what bigger.
Here is a cool site on the zoos and some irritaters... http://zoaid.com/index.php?module=Ga...&g2_itemId=384

Hormigaquatica · 01/21/2008, 04:48 PM

Definitely not sundial snails. It may be some other type of snail- or an number of other critters honestly. Can you get a little closer shot, and preferably one with something for size reference?

01/20/2008, 04:04 PM	#1
jimmyhof Premium Member Join Date: May 2002 Location: Boulder CO Posts: 586	Need identification - What are these? These started to appear a couple of months ago. I was worried they were flat worms, but they do not seem to move. Maybe a snail egg. They appear mostly on coraline on the glass, clams or rock. After a while they fall off and disappear. Any ideas

01/21/2008, 03:06 PM	#3
livingcorals Moved On Join Date: Sep 2006 Posts: 2,730	might be a... Might be a Sundial Snail. If so toss them out. Type of Zoanthid Predator. Also what type of snails do you have in the tank for clean'n crew?

01/21/2008, 04:48 PM	#6
Hormigaquatica Registered Member Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Columbus, OH Posts: 3,022	Definitely not sundial snails. It may be some other type of snail- or an number of other critters honestly. Can you get a little closer shot, and preferably one with something for size reference? __________________ Reaching up and reaching out and reaching for the random, or whatever will bewilder me. Have Some Personal Accountability Current Tank Info: 240g LPS/Softie Reef

01/20/2008, 04:46 PM	#2
zooloo Moved On Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: stratford ct Posts: 148	i was getting them in one of my tanks for a while they are not flat worms im not totally sure what they are though..

01/21/2008, 03:15 PM	#4
jimmyhof Premium Member Join Date: May 2002 Location: Boulder CO Posts: 586	Nerite, turbo, nasarrius. Don't think its a a sundial becuase my zoos are thriving.

01/21/2008, 04:32 PM	#5
livingcorals Moved On Join Date: Sep 2006 Posts: 2,730	Can you get a close up of them? You can still have the sundial but not notice anything till later when they get some what bigger. Here is a cool site on the zoos and some irritaters... http://zoaid.com/index.php?module=Ga...&g2_itemId=384