Predatory snail I think

[hesaias]

One of my Xenia colonys hasnt been doing too well. I decided it may be in a spot to low in the tank. When I picked it up. there was a small white snail attached to the tissue of the xenia. I could not tell which was forward or back, but The shell gad a syphon at one end, and the wide end comes to a sharp point. I guessed it was a bad thing, so its freezing now.
Think it was a whelk?
I got some pics, Ill post them later


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[Gus Paz]

Snail with a syphon, sounds like you found you nasty pest.

[hesaias]

Xenia began to recover shortly after I pulled the little blood sucker off. Cool shell, too bad it was a bad guy :eek:

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[rshimek]

Hi Hes,

A point of order. It couldn't have been a blood sucker... Xenia have no blood to suck. It was likely just eating tissue.

I would like to see the pictures.

Cheers, Ron

[hesaias]

Oops! My Bad.
Ill be getting them up later today.
The Xenia looks 100% better this AM, so Im fairly sure thats what it was doing, eating tissue, that is :D

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