What is this Invert?

[Oscar]

This hitchhiker just showed up about 2 weeks ago. At first I thought he only came out at night but he is out in full light today.

In the first photo he is working along a Koralia 1. He is about 7mm long and 4mm wide with a hard shell but way to small for his entire body. He can move a pretty fast clip for a "snail" type creature.

Although it is a bit dificult to make out in the photo his shell is quite flat similar to a limpet, not voluminous like a snail.




This is what he normally looks like working his way along the glass. He has two antennae that are at least as long as his body.

[Reef_kid]

that would be a stomatella.
they are very good little snails to have in the tank they eat alga
and will breed very easy.

[langdon reefer]

I would like to know this too as i have seen about 10 of them in my tank i have no clue where thay came from

[langdon reefer]

Originally Posted by Reef_kid

that would be a stomatella.
they are very good little snails to have in the tank they eat alga
and will breed very easy.

thanks look like you are quicker on the draw then my question asking

[Oscar]

Originally Posted by Reef_kid

that would be a stomatella.
they are very good little snails to have in the tank they eat alga
and will breed very easy.

Thanks, sure enough that is what they are. Hopefully some more will pop out.

http://www.reefcorner.com/SpecimenSh...ella_varia.htm

[WhoPoopWrasse]

Originally Posted by Oscar

This hitchhiker just showed up about 2 weeks ago. At first I thought he only came out at night but he is out in full light today.

In the first photo he is working along a Koralia 1. He is about 7mm long and 4mm wide with a hard shell but way to small for his entire body. He can move a pretty fast clip for a "snail" type creature.

Although it is a bit dificult to make out in the photo his shell is quite flat similar to a limpet, not voluminous like a snail.




This is what he normally looks like working his way along the glass. He has two antennae that are at least as long as his body.

Looks like a powerheadiceps X Stomatella varia

Ok, I'm done, I'll be sleeping if anybody needs me!

[hecks220]

Nassarius snail species

[MMAX]

It doesn't take very long for them to reproduce. I have a pile of them in my tank. Isn't a bad thing since my hermits killed off all my snails, something else to keep the tank clean.

[Oscar]

Originally Posted by MMAX

It doesn't take very long for them to reproduce. I have a pile of them in my tank. Isn't a bad thing since my hermits killed off all my snails, something else to keep the tank clean.

I just added some astrea and Nassarius snails this weekend. Hopefully they are too small for the hermits to kill for new homes and there is enough algae for the hermits to not bother with the snails.