black snail thing

[asherah]

I was looking in my today and I noticed this little oval shaped black snail thing crawling around my corals. What the heck !
It looks like some sort of slug but with a shell ...but it's kind of a flat shell.. maybe it's not a shell ? =p Whatever it was it has 2 antenae as well.
Also the bottom of it is white.
I tried to get a picture but my camera won't focus in very well. It's only about 1/2 inch.
Any ideas?

asherah

PS : Looks alot like this one : http://reefcentral.com/gallery/showp...t=1&thecat=562

[mr_alberta]

Its a Stomatella snail. Here's a nice article regarding snails for you: http://www.reefkeeping.com/issues/2004-05/rs/index.php

[asherah]

kewl thanks a bunch =)

asherah

[asherah]

sheesh.. crazy stuff tonight.
I got to put the snail back in the tank and I see a crab sitting on the rocks... what the heck..
I've had this rock for months and i've never seen these before. I scooped out the crab but apparently it's dead.... Looks like some kind of porcealian crab.
It's really little.. light in colour with pinky sorta of mottled colouring on it.
I wonder why it died..

asherah

[asherah]

hrm I think it's more likely it's molted =p

[Kabong]

Yeah more then likley a molt.
The small ones are the really really paranoid. Rarley coming out in the open.
As they grow they usually get bolder, So there easyier to catch.