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Unread 01/08/2015, 06:00 PM   #1
NanoReefers
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Thumbs up What is this snail rider?

Yup isn't this fun?

snailfriends3.jpg

To my knowledge they've been together happily about two months.

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My best guess is some kind of segmented worm.

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Should this snail be worried?


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Unread 01/08/2015, 08:25 PM   #2
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Strange. Any more information? Does it feel hard or soft? Does it move? Have you seen it eat?


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Unread 01/08/2015, 09:52 PM   #3
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I was watching for a little longer. When the sucker slithered off the snail and made a bee line for the front right corner of the tank. At its longest stretch I'd say it was close to 4" long.

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It seemed to be going after the pods! Unsuccessfully might I add.

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Ultimately it met its demise. It ended up wrapping itself around that floating thermometer in the background. It was simple enough to remove and rinse down the drain.

B.t.w. I realized that I should have turned up the white spectrum on my led's sooner.


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Unread 01/09/2015, 01:31 PM   #4
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It looks kind of like the Syllid worm outlined in this link.

http://www.lionfishlair.com/hitchhiker/hitchhiker.shtml


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Unread 01/09/2015, 02:14 PM   #5
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Thanks for the response. That's about what my best guess came to after snapping that last picture and scouring the net.


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Unread 01/09/2015, 10:18 PM   #6
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Definitely a syllid, but one with really strange behavior. I've never heard of one either riding a snail like that or going after small crustaceans.


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Unread 01/10/2015, 01:09 PM   #7
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Yeah I have no clue. The tank is only 4 months old. Maybe it was behaving strangely because there's no suitable food source?


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