Woah, new snail, what is it?

Kinetic · 02/23/2006, 12:48 AM

All of a sudden I see a new snail in my pico tank. I have so many little critters now! This LR was absolutely amazing. I got about 2 lbs. from a VERY established sump, and out comes tons of pods, and now this cool snail. Looks like a white/purple stomalla or something. Can someone please tell me what it is? and if it's safe in my softy tank?

mr pink floyd · 02/23/2006, 12:55 AM

i haev one of those too, comes otu at night, csnt figuer tit out, it hads a hard shell too

Kinetic · 02/23/2006, 01:04 AM

mine's out in the middle of the night =/ has it caused you any problems?

ugination87 · 02/23/2006, 03:24 AM

that looks like a baby margarita snail

RicksReefs · 02/23/2006, 07:32 AM

Stomatella varians, good guy

Dubbin1 · 02/23/2006, 08:05 AM

Yup its a stomatella snail. Good guys that will reproduce in your tank.

Paintbug · 02/23/2006, 10:26 AM

yep stomatella snail, very aggresive algae eaters. lucky you!!

Anemonebuff · 02/23/2006, 10:31 AM

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Originally posted by Paintbug
yep stomatella snail, very aggresive algae eaters. lucky you!!

Soo aggresive that they tend to have their populations crash when the algae is gone.

Kinetic · 02/23/2006, 12:21 PM

wow cool, thanks. He never ate algae before my cerith cleaned out the tank... but now that it's so clean, he's come out into the open. I guess he doesn't eat as much as a cerith? or my cerith was just darn hungry in my other tank of 15 ceriths and 4 trochus.

minimalist · 02/23/2006, 12:30 PM

I got two on some LR about a month ago. I now have 10+. They spawn simultaneously, launching white bubbles into the water column in unison. It's quite a sight.

21Reefman · 02/23/2006, 12:58 PM

minimalist is right, it is cool to see. Mine tend to wait until I turn off the overflow and the water is calm, around 9:30 at night. They all go to the highest point they are near (on top on the clam, the tallest point of any rock), and they Rise-Up on thier "hind legs",LOL, and begin to SQUIRT away, for about 20min. I have counted over 20 puffs of eggs from one snail

02/23/2006, 12:48 AM	#1
Kinetic Registered Member Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: SF Bay Area Posts: 7,230	Woah, new snail, what is it? All of a sudden I see a new snail in my pico tank. I have so many little critters now! This LR was absolutely amazing. I got about 2 lbs. from a VERY established sump, and out comes tons of pods, and now this cool snail. Looks like a white/purple stomalla or something. Can someone please tell me what it is? and if it's safe in my softy tank?

02/23/2006, 10:26 AM	#7
Paintbug Registered Member Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Stoneville, NC Posts: 6,169	yep stomatella snail, very aggresive algae eaters. lucky you!! __________________ Never ask a girl over to see your crabs!! <-Tony-> Current Tank Info: NONE currently

02/23/2006, 12:58 PM	#11
21Reefman Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Chicago/NW IN Posts: 403	minimalist is right, it is cool to see. Mine tend to wait until I turn off the overflow and the water is calm, around 9:30 at night. They all go to the highest point they are near (on top on the clam, the tallest point of any rock), and they Rise-Up on thier "hind legs",LOL, and begin to SQUIRT away, for about 20min. I have counted over 20 puffs of eggs from one snail __________________ "The significant problems that we face cannot be solved at the same level of thinking we were at when we created them." Albert Einstein

02/23/2006, 12:55 AM	#2
mr pink floyd Moved On Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: west hartford, CT Posts: 3,480	i haev one of those too, comes otu at night, csnt figuer tit out, it hads a hard shell too

02/23/2006, 01:04 AM	#3
Kinetic Registered Member Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: SF Bay Area Posts: 7,230	mine's out in the middle of the night =/ has it caused you any problems?

02/23/2006, 03:24 AM	#4
ugination87 Registered Member Join Date: Sep 2005 Posts: 98	that looks like a baby margarita snail

02/23/2006, 07:32 AM	#5
RicksReefs Moved On Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: In America's Dangling Junk State. Posts: 6,413	Stomatella varians, good guy

02/23/2006, 08:05 AM	#6
Dubbin1 Registered Member Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Findlay, Ohio Posts: 11,540	Yup its a stomatella snail. Good guys that will reproduce in your tank.

02/23/2006, 12:21 PM	#9
Kinetic Registered Member Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: SF Bay Area Posts: 7,230	wow cool, thanks. He never ate algae before my cerith cleaned out the tank... but now that it's so clean, he's come out into the open. I guess he doesn't eat as much as a cerith? or my cerith was just darn hungry in my other tank of 15 ceriths and 4 trochus.

02/23/2006, 12:30 PM	#10
minimalist Registered Member Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Herndon, VA Posts: 506	I got two on some LR about a month ago. I now have 10+. They spawn simultaneously, launching white bubbles into the water column in unison. It's quite a sight.