bad or good snail??

ZooZ · #1 12/04/2007, 01:54 PM

I have seen some of these snails in my tank and wanted to know if they will bother any clams i get in the future. They dont seem to bother any other corals and I usually find them on the glass or rocks at night. Are they pyramidel snails? Sorry for the bad pics but its the best i could get.

j2me5ku · #2 12/04/2007, 04:17 PM

i have them in my tank. i believe they're small magarita snails

Caragol · #3 12/04/2007, 04:19 PM

It looks like a collonista to me. They stay tiny and don't do any damage that I'm aware of.

http://melevsreef.com/id/collonista.html Click on the link to see the other image, it looks more like what we have. Mine look a lot like yours. I consider them a free cleanup crew.

scubajsm · #4 12/04/2007, 04:20 PM

looks like a nerite snail, reef safe

ZooZ · #5 12/04/2007, 04:35 PM

aww man...ive been killing these and pulling them out...oh well at least i can get some clams now...hahaha..just got to make sure i dont introduce the UNsafe ones

ZooZ · #6 12/04/2007, 04:37 PM

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Originally posted by Caragol
It looks like a collonista to me. They stay tiny and don't do any damage that I'm aware of.

http://melevsreef.com/id/collonista.html Click on the link to see the other image, it looks more like what we have. Mine look a lot like yours. I consider them a free cleanup crew.

Thanks for the link..i feel relaxed now (sigh of relief)

Caragol · #7 12/04/2007, 04:37 PM

I used to pull them out too, I thought they were sundial snails. Then I saw what a sundial snail actually looks like.

a4twenty · #8 12/04/2007, 06:09 PM

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Originally posted by scubajsm
looks like a nerite snail, reef safe

i agree, good snails