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dirtyreefer 11-09-2004 04:35 AM

ID this Snail or Is this a Snail?
 
I have a few of these little dudes "spawning"? in my tank. They look like snails, and they cruise around like snails as well.

Can anyone tell me whether these are okay or not? Or should I try to get rid of em? I think they're harmless, but have no idea what they are.

Any ideas?
http://www.canreef.com/photopost/dat...C00245-med.JPG
http://www.canreef.com/photopost/dat...C00070-med.JPG

Here's a few of them chillin in a little crevice:
http://www.canreef.com/photopost/dat...C00069-med.JPG

dirtyreefer 11-09-2004 04:44 AM

Oh and I forgot to mention that these little guys are like 2-3mm in length, really really small.

Stirfry 11-09-2004 05:00 AM

i have a few in my tank to and they have not done any harm i found the name of them but i cant think of it, so i would be intrested in the name too

SeaHorse_Fanatic 11-09-2004 05:05 AM

Ditto. I got a few on some LR & they don't seem to harm anything. Don't know name though.

Quinn 11-09-2004 05:21 AM

Same. No reason to suspect them of anything. No way I'm going to go hunting for the name though.

hockey nut 11-09-2004 06:51 AM

The nick name for the snail is "catseye". I can't remember the actual name. They grow to about 2" - 2 1/2" . When they get bigger they can sure move fast. Well fast for a snail that is :mrgreen: I found one in my tank one day and it blew me away at how fast he could move and at the size of him. I know he came on some rock because I sure didn't put him in the tank. :eek: He never went on the glass just stayed on the rocks and never caused any damage that I saw.

HTH :smile:

Old Guy 11-09-2004 11:55 AM

I have hundreds in my reef tank. Never grows over 1/4" and seems to eat nothing but algea.

dirtyreefer 11-09-2004 03:42 PM

Sounds like a good hitchhiker then. It seems like they're multiplying though, I never knew how snails spawned, but I think it's happening in my tank.

ungp 11-09-2004 05:47 PM

snail
 
got one in my tank that is quite large. About 1" in length
I must agree with the majority that its quite harmless. and mostly an algae eater...

muck 11-09-2004 09:12 PM

Hey dirty,

I have a whole bunch of these snails as well and kept meaning to search for an ID as well. Your post got me to looking. It seems they are good snails to have. If you can build up an army of them, they seem to be pretty effective algae eaters... :mrgreen:


http://reefcentral.com/forums/showth...light=snail+id
http://reefkeeping.com/issues/2004-05/rs/index.htm


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