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stank
03/09/2011, 07:18 PM
Posted in the clam forum but what the heck. Are they pest of any kind?

http://i44.photobucket.com/albums/f7/jstank/skimmerRoyalexc006.jpg

http://i44.photobucket.com/albums/f7/jstank/skimmerRoyalexc004.jpg

Any help is appreciated, Thanks.

ToddG.
03/09/2011, 07:40 PM
I have the same ones so im curious as to what the answer is?

seanm001
03/09/2011, 08:47 PM
I'm no expert, but maybe collonista?

http://www.melevsreef.com/id/collonista.html

noahm
03/09/2011, 09:00 PM
I would say either colonista, or a batch of baby nerites.

seanm001
03/09/2011, 09:36 PM
Stank -

If you're able to ID them as collonista snails, I'd love to take some off your hands. I live in Maryland, maybe an hour from you, so I'd be more than happy to do a local pick-up of maybe a dozen. If you're interested, I could offer some corals in trade.

reefmaster47
03/09/2011, 09:51 PM
Do you only see them at night? If so then they are Collonista a great little herbivore worth there weight in gold.

goochesfish
03/09/2011, 10:47 PM
They're tiny right? Only about 3-5mm?

DZs
03/09/2011, 11:19 PM
http://www.chucksaddiction.com/Hitchsnails.html

This link helps too.

I have some babies which after searching to find out what are these... I didn't buy them... Turns out to be the collonistas. Cute little guys LOL

stank
03/10/2011, 07:12 AM
Yeah, they are tiny and cover the glass of three sides of my 240 at night.

seanm001
03/10/2011, 07:34 AM
Like reefmaster said, collonistas are worth their weight in gold. I haven't been fortunate enough to have them come in as hitchhikers, but would like to have some for my tank. Any chance you'd be open to a local trade?

stank
03/10/2011, 10:03 AM
Like reefmaster said, collonistas are worth their weight in gold. I haven't been fortunate enough to have them come in as hitchhikers, but would like to have some for my tank. Any chance you'd be open to a local trade?

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