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Old 11/18/2007, 03:47 PM
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ID Please!

Kinda new and wondering what some of this stuff is.
It all came from my 10 gal fuge

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Decorator Maybe? This thing is 1.5cm Id like to put it in the tank but dont know what it is

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Slug? Good/bad?

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maybe a dozen of these tiny red snails/slugs. Dangerous?

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Old 11/18/2007, 03:53 PM
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The first pic, I don't know.
Second pic looks like a stomatella snail, if so it is good.
Third pic kind of looks like flatworms. If it is flatworms that is bad. Like I said though, I'm not sure about the third pic. HTH

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Old 11/18/2007, 03:54 PM
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1) not sure
2) stomatella snail - excelent scavenger. He is safe
3) hard to tell from the picture, but I don't think the snails are much to worry about. I can't really ID them though.
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Old 11/18/2007, 05:02 PM
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Its a sea spider
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UGQec8rWnB0

What do I do?
Kill it?
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Old 11/18/2007, 05:05 PM
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pygnontids(sea spiders) = no good.
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Old 11/18/2007, 05:13 PM
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Cool
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Old 11/18/2007, 05:28 PM
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The red bugs look just like the slug(above) but are tiny and red. They are some kind of snail slug with a shell.
There are a bunch!
Should I be worried?
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Old 11/19/2007, 05:09 PM
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I don't think you should be worried about the little red snails. Any snails that are roundish, red, and that small are almost certainly either trochids or turbinids, and both are algae eaters.

The most likely candidates are tiny snails in the turban family, subfamily Colloniinae (Collonista or Homalopoma species).

http://www.gastropods.com/Taxon_page...OLLONIINI.html

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Old 11/19/2007, 05:18 PM
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hear is a link I found for you on sea spiders. Maybe you will find something helpfull in this article. I don't have time to read it right now.
And Along Came a Spider...
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