Snail Creeping around ???

BrothaWolf · 03-02-2007, 08:45 PM

Found this guy creeping around the tank ... Keep it or chuck it?

sasquatch · 03-02-2007, 08:46 PM

OHHH its pointy!! chuck it, I think?

BrothaWolf · 03-02-2007, 08:47 PM

Ya thats what I thought... Pointy is bad... any idea what it is?

bluespotjawfish · 03-02-2007, 09:20 PM

Pointy not necessarily bad. Don't know what it is though.

saltwaterfarm · 03-02-2007, 09:47 PM

Sump it... I don't think it's bad though. Unless it's all white and pointy...

sasquatch · 03-02-2007, 09:48 PM

searched and searched but cant find an id, fuge material I guess

BrothaWolf · 03-02-2007, 09:59 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by saltwaterfarm

Sump it... I don't think it's bad though. Unless it's all white and pointy...

Its all white and pointy bout a 1/4" long

saltwaterfarm · 03-02-2007, 10:02 PM

Ummm... might be a pyramid...

BrothaWolf · 03-03-2007, 03:16 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by saltwaterfarm

Ummm... might be a pyramid...

Ugh I hope not!

Devilboy · 03-03-2007, 04:24 AM

looks like a pyramid to me.....

all pointy snails are not bad... ceriths are pointy and good snails to have in a clean up crew :meeting:

lcstorc · 03-03-2007, 09:49 AM

So are nassarius but it doesn't really look like one to me.

sasquatch · 03-03-2007, 10:21 AM

I thought pyramids never got that big? Steve

BrothaWolf · 03-03-2007, 11:45 AM

Its def not nassarius or cerith I have both of those in the tank. This has a more defined spiral shell

Devilboy · 03-03-2007, 11:54 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by BrothaWolf

Its def not nassarius or cerith I have both of those in the tank. This has a more defined spiral shell

Would you be able to get a macro shot of the shell?

from what i see, it looks like a pyramid too me. but i maybe wrong

aquaman3680 · 03-03-2007, 12:30 PM

I would say just to be safe put it in the sump...

Matt

03-02-2007, 08:45 PM	#1 (permalink)
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BrothaWolf Acropora Join Date: Aug 2006 Posts: 1,798 View Gallery Karma Komment Add yours!	Re: Snail Creeping around ??? Its def not nassarius or cerith I have both of those in the tank. This has a more defined spiral shell __________________ 75 Gal AGA Nano - 115lbs LR 140lbs LS Tunze 6025 x 3 40 gal DIY Sump/fuge 20lb LS 26lb LR Outer Orbit 150 HQI Mh x 2, 54w T5 x 4, 18 moons, ASM G3 Mated pair Yashia Gobies (seperated) and Red Band Pistol Shrimp, True Percula, Purple Fire Fish, Yellow Clown Goby, Orange Back Fairy Wrasse, Barber Pole Goby, Blood Shrimp, Crocea Clam, Scarlet Hermits, Cerith, Nassarius, Nerite and Margarita Snails (hold the salt) Zoas, Rics & Shrooms, Xenia, Hammer & Frog Spawn, Star Polyps, Blasto, Blue Anthelia, Lord Acans 29 Gal Oceanic Bio Cube- 40lbs LR 30lbs LS Sapphire Skimmer, DIY Nanotuners 4.36 Lighting, DIY Moonlights, DIY Mod CPR Refugium Randalls Goby, Zoa's ,Trach,Shrooms President: Crabs Make Me Itch Society

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