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workinman6009
12/30/2008, 01:13 AM
I have these tiny snails in my tank they have shells but are to small to take a pic to post.

Whys
12/30/2008, 01:39 AM
Have a few in mine as well. One is completely white and I can tell it is a strombus grazer by its shape. It likes to rest in the high current areas just as much as the adults. I have another couple that I can't yet identify but appear to be either nerite or margarite.

Tho nearly all of my snails have laid eggs, usually on the back glass or between the overflow teeth, I have read it is generally impossible for baby snails to mature in a home aquarium, due to insufficient phytoplankton. I do not know if these snails came from the eggs or if they were hitchhikers on my liverock. I am curious to know how big they have to be to start eating algae.

workinman6009
12/30/2008, 01:42 AM
do you know what they are the shells are differant from all the others

VacavilleFC3S
12/30/2008, 01:49 AM
collonista...

Whys
12/30/2008, 05:04 AM
No picture, no clairvoyance, no answer. :]

Interestingly enough, the two I can't yet identify, always stay together. They're like brother and sister, it's odd.

kelley_mc
12/30/2008, 06:33 AM
Do they look like this:
http://reefers.org/album/images/3583_106454.JPG

or this:
http://www.reefland.com/rho/2006/05/images/1.jpg


If yes they could be Pyramidellids or Rissoids.

Pyramidellids = BAD
Rissoids = GOOD

If they do look something like that, check this out to try and identify them: http://forum.marinedepot.com/Topic92692-11-1.aspx

spleify
12/30/2008, 08:56 AM
<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=14040693#post14040693 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by VacavilleFC3S
collonista...

This is my guess too........

workinman6009
12/30/2008, 09:43 AM
Thanks for the replies! I'll post I pic, I think I got some good ones

Toddrtrex
12/30/2008, 11:52 AM
Do they look like this? If so, they are harmless.

http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y189/toddrtrex/tinysnails3.jpg

and for size reference, pink skunk clowns in a haddoni anemone

http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y189/toddrtrex/tinysnails4.jpg

workinman6009
12/30/2008, 12:16 PM
<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=14042454#post14042454 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by Toddrtrex
Do they look like this? If so, they are harmless.

http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y189/toddrtrex/tinysnails3.jpg

and for size reference, pink skunk clowns in a haddoni anemone

http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y189/toddrtrex/tinysnails4.jpg


YES!!!!! mostly like that I cant see the hole shell though, but by the stipes and color on the shell it look like them ,size is about right too. What are they though? Do they have a name? do they stay small?

Thanks for the replies fish friends!!!!

spleify
12/30/2008, 01:31 PM
collonista

Whys
12/30/2008, 02:40 PM
Yep, that's my brother and sister pair as well.

The little white snail I have is almost certainly a baby strombus grazer tho. What are the odds of it making to adulthood? Any?