Yet another WII..

[hillegom]

I had one of those. I could not find an ID either, but I didn't think it was any good.
Mine was in a depression that it made in the snail's shell, to perfectly fit its own shell. Seemed like it used an acid to "melt" its way onto the snail's shell. The snails shell did not have a hole in it. Once in a while, this black snout, that is eating off the glass in your video, would take a bite of the snails foot and the snail then scrunched up.
Thats when I decided to get rid of it. Oh my it was difficult. I used a dental pick to pry it off the snail. It was on so tight.

[reefgirl189]

Wow.... weird creatures. I feel bad for this snail. As you can tell from the video, he already has quite a bit of baggage. He's carrying around this parasite worm, a feather duster worm and a filter feeder sponge on his shell. I think I'll do him a favor and give him a good brushing. He was one of my first 10 original clean up crew so it's the least I can do for him since he decided to stick around. Any ideas on how I could remove him with minimal damage to the snail? I don't have a dental pick to work with unfortunately.

[sumpfinfishe]

If you that concerned just take it out put it on a plate with some sw on it, take out your tweezers an give it a clean

[hillegom]

No dental pick?
Really small screwdriver?

[lastlight]

Limpet?

[Aquaria]

Originally Posted by lastlight

Limpet?

That was the first thing I thought when watching the video as well

[reefgirl189]

I can't find the snail he's on at the moment so he'll live to see another day. He is kind of cool in his own parasitic way I guess. I just wish there was a way to tell if he is doing harm or just hitching a ride.