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bigdoug
12/03/2010, 09:11 PM
Ok while staring in my tank i saw what looked like a snail feeding on the live rock, but it did not have a shell...... Is this possible? Sorry could not get a picture it was small and my camera sucks!

HanoverFist
12/03/2010, 09:44 PM
Check out the Slug / Nudibrach section at the bottom of this HitchHiker ID (http://www.chucksaddiction.com/Hitchsnails.html) page.

Sugar Magnolia
12/03/2010, 09:46 PM
Possibly a stomatella, a common beneficial hitchiker.

Indymann99
12/04/2010, 09:55 AM
+1 on the Stomatella snail.

Beneficial and common in new systems.

bigdoug
12/04/2010, 11:29 AM
Possibly a stomatella, a common beneficial hitchiker.

YES thank you, that is it. :cool:

aleonn
12/04/2010, 01:48 PM
I love my stomatellas. They really clean my tank and multiply pretty quickly. They always come out in force at night!

bigdoug
12/04/2010, 10:29 PM
I love my stomatellas. They really clean my tank and multiply pretty quickly. They always come out in force at night!

when my lunar lights came on tonight, i have 4 that i have seen, pretty neat. i love this SW tank, so much more life than FW.

Bloodritual
12/04/2010, 11:04 PM
Stomatellas have shells though. They are not as pronounced and as big as the snails we are used to and almost the same color as their body.