+capty99 Posted October 13, 2009 Share Posted October 13, 2009 apparently a few snails sitting around produced some offspring, they were bored or something. he's just crawling around with no shell. there isn't anything int he tank besides these guys + some LR + coral.... so will he be cool as - is for now? what kind of shells or where do i get shells that will work for him? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zarathustra2 Posted October 13, 2009 Share Posted October 13, 2009 You won't get baby snails with no shell. Could you get us a picture. If you grab it out of the tank and it has a shell like a fingernail it is likely a stomopod. Usually a harmless herbavore but can be a soft coral eater. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
diabeetus Posted October 13, 2009 Share Posted October 13, 2009 snails grow shells like people do fingernails. they dont find them, they grow them so if it didnt come wit a shell im not sure that it is a snail. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GKarshens Posted October 13, 2009 Share Posted October 13, 2009 Could possibly be a Nudibranch of some kind too. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
diabeetus Posted October 13, 2009 Share Posted October 13, 2009 does it have a white-ish/clear slug body with a split tail? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+capty99 Posted October 14, 2009 Author Share Posted October 14, 2009 does it have a white-ish/clear slug body with a split tail? cant find him now to identify split tail, but yes, it looks just like a slug white-ish semi-opaque Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zarathustra2 Posted October 14, 2009 Share Posted October 14, 2009 Sounds like a harmless flatworm. Especially if it has a little orange dot on it. They are harmless but can reach plague proportions with bad luck. Good food for a 6-line or a mandarin. http://wetwebmedia.com/flatworms.htm Check the Aceol flatworm in the above article. Only downside is that they feed on copepods. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
diabeetus Posted October 14, 2009 Share Posted October 14, 2009 Sounds like a harmless flatworm. Especially if it has a little orange dot on it. They are harmless but can reach plague proportions with bad luck. Good food for a 6-line or a mandarin. http://wetwebmedia.com/flatworms.htm Check the Aceol flatworm in the above article. Only downside is that they feed on copepods. exactly what i was thinking it was. i have seen 1 or 2 in my previous tank but never got out of hand. they were pretty cool to watch, floting around like little magic carpets but i didnt really have my last tank for a real long while, so they could very well multiply quickly like Zarathustra said. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zarathustra2 Posted October 14, 2009 Share Posted October 14, 2009 Oh, I love the things. I have not ran into any problems with them at all. From what I have read they are pretty self limiting. I keep a portion of my glass unscrubbed on the 90 so I can watch these guys hunt copepods. It's just amazing to watch them eat. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+capty99 Posted October 21, 2009 Author Share Posted October 21, 2009 I want to ammend my previous statement. I don't think its what that link was. They actually have dark backs, black or grey.... i say they because there are 2 now. I don't see a shell but honestly can't tell if they're just young and its small on the back. Two antennae (correct terminology?) and they just walk around eating algae it looks like on the glass. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zarathustra2 Posted October 21, 2009 Share Posted October 21, 2009 Sounds like a stomatella snail then. Related to a Limpet. http://images.google.com/images?q=Stomatella&rls=com.microsoft:*&oe=UTF-8&um=1&ie=UTF-8&ei=dVTfSoeZOp2NjAfIndykBg&sa=X&oi=image_result_group&ct=title&resnum=4&ved=0CBYQsAQwAw Look at the second picture on the above link maybe? If not could you give a picture? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+capty99 Posted October 21, 2009 Author Share Posted October 21, 2009 Thats it. (would have taken a pic if my iphone wasn't turrible) So, they eat micro algae and are a benefit. Good, tank won't die Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Capt. Obvious Posted October 23, 2009 Share Posted October 23, 2009 i used to ask for people's spare stomatella....those things are voracious when it comes to algae Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zarathustra2 Posted October 24, 2009 Share Posted October 24, 2009 Yea. I freaked out the first time i found one. It was on top of a zoo frag i had just put in. Then i did the research and love seein them in my tank. At first i was like Then i was like Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
muddybluewater Posted October 24, 2009 Share Posted October 24, 2009 I have them every where. They range from 1/8" to 1/2". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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