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12/18/2007, 01:17 AM
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PopQuiz: Help identify this creature for me =D
Hello Reefers,
I need your professional expertise in identifying this creature. This Snail / Slug was discovered in my tank by my wife. She was checking out the tank today when she saw this thing moving through the Zoas. Needless to say, it scared the crap out of her and she thought it was disgusting.  She managed to take some pics and a video. Here's the funny part. While my wife was taking the video, the creature kind of noticed and decided to face the camera and spits out something from its mouth. I think that is funny.  I have scooped out the creature and put it in an enclosed jar in the tank. At first I thought of it as a slug (but it has a shell on it), then I thought of it as a snail (but it's body is too small to fit in the shell). It has 2 long antennas, 2 eyes and a lip just like the regular astrea or turbo snails. One thing for sure, its' speed to move around is faster than the turbo  Well, that's enough of talk. Below is the pictures and link to the video. Enjoy: http://www.flickr.com/photos/11228827@N08/?saved=1 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Om80DOEmbA If you manage to identify it, please let me know whether it is reef safe or not and whether I should dispose it ASAP =) Many Thanks, Rudy |
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12/18/2007, 01:28 AM
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Yup vipers right, its a stometella snail... very good algae eater, if you have more they breed like rabbits and help eat algae.. I have a hand full of them in my tank.
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12/18/2007, 02:47 AM
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sucks.........I found one on a small sps colony I purchased the other and tossed it. Oh wells.
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12/18/2007, 02:12 PM
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Viper, Delson: Thank you for your help.
Good thing I didn't throw it away. I did some search on Youtube for a video of it and found this: http://youtube.com/watch?v=-n7pG9ZKOcs It seems the spitting is a way of spawning (I'm not sure). If it is true, hopefully I'll have more of this snail =) My Wife still thinks the spitting is gross. |
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12/19/2007, 03:03 AM
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Your wife is right if that's its way of spawning.
...that ain't saliva.... |
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12/19/2007, 03:33 AM
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Its actually quite crazy to watch....I have a huge population and they all spawn at the same time. It make my tank look like an aquatic snow globe
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