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mrhasan
10-14-2013, 04:27 AM
I think its some sort of torchus or turbo but not really sure. Staying in a small cup of water till I get an ID.

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NanoReef
10-14-2013, 04:30 AM
Looks like it could be a sundial snail to me, but I would wait for someone to confirm that

mrhasan
10-14-2013, 04:51 AM
Looks like it could be a sundial snail to me, but I would wait for someone to confirm that

Nop. Its not sundial thats for sure. Sundials have their body at the side of the shell, this one has its body underneath. Confusing stuff :razz:

noirsphynx
10-14-2013, 05:00 AM
Nop. Its not sundial thats for sure. Sundials have their body at the side of the shell, this one has its body underneath. Confusing stuff :razz:

sundials also have a pointed trap door. Looks like a chestnut turbo to me.

mrhasan
10-14-2013, 05:10 AM
sundials also have a pointed trap door. Looks like a chestnut turbo to me.

That's a possibility. I did have a turbo before. Plus found it on the glass so that might show its not predatory.

AdrianC
10-14-2013, 02:01 PM
Looks very similar to the brown blotch snails i aquired a week ago. Shell is very smooth and glossy i assume?

Evilweevil
10-14-2013, 03:15 PM
It looks like a colonista snail to me hard to tell the size though ,if its bb size to pea size I would say that's what it is bigger then that I'm not sure

mrhasan
10-14-2013, 03:39 PM
Looks very similar to the brown blotch snails i aquired a week ago. Shell is very smooth and glossy i assume?

I google it and it doesn't look like the snail in the picture.

It looks like a colonista snail to me hard to tell the size though ,if its bb size to pea size I would say that's what it is bigger then that I'm not sure

That's also a possibility. Well the size right now is about pea size but I believe its a baby snail so will grow big.

Released it back to the tank :)

Evilweevil
10-14-2013, 03:50 PM
That's probably a adult colonista ,after about a half hour after lights out try looking for more i bet you have a ton of small itty bitty ones

mrhasan
10-14-2013, 03:51 PM
That's probably a adult colonista ,after about a half hour after lights out try looking for more i bet you have a ton of small itty bitty ones

Yap. This one was the biggest one.

Dearth
10-14-2013, 04:37 PM
I have those in my tank been told that they are collonista snails virtually same pattern on my snail shells as well