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Old 04-29-2004, 07:48 AM
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This guy has been in one of my tanks for a couple of years. Finaly got the chance for a few photos. He's about an inch long. Do you recognise him???



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Old 04-29-2004, 01:07 PM
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hmm not a conch, doesn't look like my nassarius. I would be willing to guess whelk. at any rate maybe someone else will recognize it.

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I have one of those in my tank, and I just chalked him up as some sort of conch. It doesn't harm my corals though
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Conch has two eye stalks.

That looks like the whelks in JL's.
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My tank is full of these, at full grown, they are about 1". They don't seem to hurt anything, I was told they are just a different species of nassarius.

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My tank is full of these, at full grown, they are about 1". They don't seem to hurt anything, I was told they are just a different species of nassarius.
Thanks Em, to me it looks like a Nassarius on Steroids .
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It is some type of whelk and is probably carnivorous.. I have several similar looking dudes in my tank and they don't seem to do any harm. Dr. Ron could not give me a possitive ID. I have found them feasting on dead snails or leftover food before... though there is a strong possibility they are eating microphauna and such as Dr. Ron suggested.
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I think I'm going to sell my shells from now on.....

http://www.topseashells.com/shell_li...pe=NASSARIIDAE
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I think I'm going to sell my shells from now on.....

http://www.topseashells.com/shell_li...pe=NASSARIIDAE
Holly crap the shells are selling for more than the live snails are
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It is some type of whelk and is probably carnivorous.. I have several similar looking dudes in my tank and they don't seem to do any harm. Dr. Ron could not give me a possitive ID. I have found them feasting on dead snails or leftover food before... though there is a strong possibility they are eating microphauna and such as Dr. Ron suggested.
Thanks Adam. I couldn't get a positive ID but a Whelk sounds good to me. He's just in a tank w/ LR right now, so I guess I'll just throw him in the sump when I upgrade .
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