My Snail Needs a New Barber (weird algae)

[CStrickland]

http://i296.photobucket.com/albums/mm176/Cheapnoob/Mobile%20Uploads/image_zpsyhdlgn0e.jpg (http://s296.photobucket.com/user/Cheapnoob/media/Mobile%20Uploads/image_zpsyhdlgn0e.jpg.html)
No joke. That's all growing off one snail. The pink and the green stuff too. My rocks just have a few tufts of green here and there, mostly getting covered in the green baby coralline. He's a pretty new Astraea snail, maybe there was a lot of phos where he was before and it bound to his calcium shell? I might trim it so he can get around better, but it's pretty dope.

[XtremeFromHell]

lmao! It looks good though!

[Devaji108]

wow beautiful algae folks in the macro forum might know what it is and how fast it grows. etc.

[BadgeNC]

I love the pink boa on him!

[Dkuhlmann]

Yeah that pink algae is awesome! I'd trim it and see if it will grow in your sump.

[Chevrefils]

Coolest snail I've seen. Although you can't see the snail at all. I'd love to have some of that pink algae!

[PhaneSoul]

lmao. ill trade you a fluft of my green eternal sponge for a fluft of your pink crown algae :p

p.s. no those are not the actual names of these things

[KeithP]

Looks like something from the Muppets.

[leetch]

I've heard many tall tales of the elusive Peacock Snail. It seems you have found him/her. I'd call Nat Geo right now and have them do a made for tv special. :wildone:

That's a pretty cool looking snail :)

[aredhead]

That is a hippie snail. Dude.