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05/20/2010, 06:39 PM
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Are these pyramid snails?
I noticed these TINY snails a few days ago, they are smaller than a grain of rice. Are they pyramid snails?
    They must've hitch hiked on a zoa frag I got (I ordered Revive to do a dip but it didn't arrive before I got the frags). Will they harm anything else in my tank? Should I leave them or get rid of em? I read that they are clam predators, I don't have any clams nor do I plan on ever getting one. |
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05/20/2010, 06:45 PM
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05/20/2010, 06:48 PM
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Nope. Those shots are really cool. Almost looks like snails in a Tool video still.
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05/20/2010, 08:14 PM
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They almost look like Malaysian Trumpet Snails. I have them in my freshwater tanks and I have read that they can be acclimated to saltwater.
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05/20/2010, 08:51 PM
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Tagging along, I found like the same snails in my tank a couple months back, I don't have a clam, but there are a lot of them...
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05/20/2010, 09:20 PM
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lol those shots do look like a Tool video still. The shells look like the could be from pyramid snails, do you have any tridacna clams?
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05/20/2010, 09:26 PM
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Are they causing any problems, bothering and corals or softies?
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05/20/2010, 10:51 PM
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Pyramid snails have a smoother, more translucent shell. They're probably a Cerith of some sort. I wouldn't worry about them.
I am just a worthless mollusc I am just an imbesnail My identification will complicate you trust in me, and I'll eat you clam I will find a center in him, I will chew it up and leave Trust me, trust me, trust me DJ
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