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Identification What in the heck is growing on my glass, corals, etc. Not sure what it is? Post here and we'll see if we can figure it out!
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Old 05-15-2008, 06:44 PM
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ive seen these lil guys and thought the were baby snails a couple of days ago.. i just looked now and they are all over.. i have tons of them crawling around the sand all over the rock work.. heres a picture didnt come out to clean.. they look like very small snails with no shells.. i have a bunch of Cerith snails.. and a coupld of been laying eggs.. what should i do?

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Old 05-15-2008, 07:27 PM
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Hard to tell from the pic but they look kind of like Stomatella snails. Are they primarily nocturnal and pretty fast at hiding when you hit them with a light?
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Old 05-15-2008, 07:39 PM
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they are out and about with lights on.. i dont think they are that kind i seen pics of those these do look different
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Old 05-16-2008, 01:11 AM
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disregard the last post i was thinking of pyramid snails.. im going to try and get a better picutre.. but i have no Stomatella Snails in my tank to start with so im thinking these arent them.. they are very small.. they look like a snails body with no shell.. they have a squareish head and below the head on the back side either looks like a shell forming inside of the body or it can be just its organs

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Old 05-16-2008, 07:01 AM
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Have a look here.

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Old 05-16-2008, 09:19 AM
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It is like a slug. I have a few of these there ok cleaning the tank is there job....Mine come out at night. maybe someone here can give us both the correct name soon...
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Old 05-16-2008, 10:07 AM
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Does this look like it?
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Old 05-16-2008, 10:28 AM
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No thats not it jim...
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Old 05-16-2008, 11:07 AM
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I agree with Ganrin they look like Stomatella snails. I had a few that came with my LR. They were pretty quick and were always out at night. I did see them a few times out and about during they day. Mine were eaten by my Arrow Crab.
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Old 05-16-2008, 12:16 PM
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heres another pic..

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