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Old 01/07/2008, 10:36 PM
ReefGirlSara ReefGirlSara is offline
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What is this?? A slug? A snail?







I just took it out of my tank. It looks kinda like a snail, but it's like it's shell is disolving off of him, there is only a very tiny area of shell on top. It is super fast, I could hardly get a godd picture, much faster than the turbo snail which are about the same size.
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Old 01/07/2008, 10:37 PM
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stomatella perfectly harmless and a great free cleanup crew addition. I have dozens and dozens of them. Cheaper then snails! they breed regularly.
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Old 01/07/2008, 10:37 PM
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It's a stometella. (Snail) It is a good hitchhiker.
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Old 01/07/2008, 10:38 PM
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Stomatella
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Old 01/08/2008, 04:14 PM
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They are correct, stomatella . They're actually pretty neat creatures to watch. Only thing is that I find that they're nocturnal so you dont see them out and about during the day. Good at cleaning the glass.
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Old 01/08/2008, 09:42 PM
ReefGirlSara ReefGirlSara is offline
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Thanks guys!!! I put him back in the tank and he seemed to be just fine. You guys saved his life.
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Old 01/08/2008, 10:19 PM
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Stomatella. They are gggreat eats algae of all sort and reproduce quickly.
 


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