snails cruisin without shell
 

i am just wondering if anyone else out there has had a snail cruisin around on the glass without a shell on its back???
i got home from edmonton last night and noticed one of my snails without a shell on it and it was still doin its job cleaning algea off the glass

most likely stomatella snails - they are a good hitchiker and have only a small "fingernail" shell on their backs.

im putting a pic up right away had to go to the car and have a smoke and get my camera haha. and no its not one of those types i have a million of them in my tank lol

If it isn't a stomatella, and there is no shell. Then I am going to guess a nudibranch.

here is a pic of the snail. he has had a shell for over a year and now he is naked to say the least haha.
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oh my.. he IS naked. Thats so weird the way his body is spiraled. Hes going to make an easy snack for a fish.:sad:

my fish are all pretty timid plus this snail ispretty big.

find a shell for him to crawl into maybe if he lasts long enough he will build a new one bit it is doubtfully that he will last that long I had a snail pulled out of a Shell by a larger one it squeezed into the shell with the other snail now he has a small shell and I think he has left the other snails shell because I don't see him in there any longer. Snails are strange some times.

Bill

his normal shell is on the bottom of the tank. i remember knocking him off the glass yesterday when i was cleaning and he must have just crawled out of it and ditched it

Wow thats totally a real shell-less snail! Haha. Hopefully he will grow a new one! Make sure to keep us updated!