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Old 01-12-2015, 01:16 AM
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I have noticed a lot of eggs all over the glass lately. Today I noticed two different kinds of very tiny snails.

This one almost looks like a sundail snail.... But i'm not sure how to clarify. He was found nowhere near any zoas.





Also found a few of these guys. They have what looks to be a tube in the front. I thought they may be baby nassarius, but after some research, they are extremely rare to breed in an artificial habitat.





Anything I need to worry about??
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Old 01-12-2015, 01:48 AM
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First one definitely looks like a sundial snail. Just to be safe, catch out all those ones and get rid of them IMO.
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Old 01-12-2015, 03:03 AM
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The first one is a Collonista Snail - harmless. The second with the tube as the front that you describe sounds like it may be a type of Whelk - which is usually not good.

Here is a Sundial snail:

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Old 01-12-2015, 03:51 AM
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+1 to Collonista snail. I've always had bunch in my tanks that come out at night. Sundial snails have a more textured shell.
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