A very bad snail!!!!

Discussion in 'Inverts' started by coral reefer, Jan 19, 2007.

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  1. coral reefer

    coral reefer Giant Squid

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    Has anyone seen this snail?
    Do any of you know if you have these in your tank?
    These are very bad to have and usually come attached to your live rock!!!!!!
    They kill other snails and clams!
    Common Snails & Limpets

    Bottom two pictures!! BUCCINID WELK
    This type of Welk is detrimental to a reef tank!
    I lost two Clams from this predator!:( :mad:
     
    coral reefer, Jan 19, 2007
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  2. Otty

    Otty Giant Squid

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    Did you just flip him out in the back yard??? I found one snail that I could not ID so I finally caught him and tossed him in the back yard. Thanks for the heads up on the violent invert.
     
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  3. coral reefer

    coral reefer Giant Squid

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    I throw them in the garbage. If I had a Trigger I would feed it to it as Triggers love them... Looking out for fellow reefers is all!!
     
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  4. inwall75

    inwall75 Giant Squid

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    Karma to you for the warning. Unfortunately, a number of dishonest people are selling predatory whelks as Nassarius snails on Ebay.

    Here's a good article. Do You Know Who You’re Dealing With? Get to Know the Real Ilyanassa obsoleta by Mike Greenemeier - Reefkeeping.com

     
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  5. coral reefer

    coral reefer Giant Squid

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    THAT ISN'T GOOD AND ANOTHER TIDBIT OF INFO...WHO CAN KEEP TRACK OF SO MUCH INFO, BUT THESE NASSARIUS SNAILS ARE THE ONLY SNAIL ABLE TO BE REEF SAFE WHERE AS OTHER RELATED SNAILS AREN'T.
    weird!!!! ALWAYS SOMETHING...
     
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  6. nemo79

    nemo79 Zoanthid

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    wow thanks for the update. Actually I think I have one of those key hole limpets. I saw a snail that has a shell just like that and i wanted to remove it as I try to remove any snail I can't identify but this bugger is always where I cannot reach it. The only coral I have had die was my candy cane (which it never was around) and my seamats. The weird thing about my sea mats is the green ones died but the redddish/brown ones lived...I think this death was due to my lighting as this snail and no other was near the seamats.
     
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  7. Birchell

    Birchell Gigas Clam

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    Thanks CR, I have a Stomatella Snail in the nano, and just never really thought about it. From what that page says they are reef safe. I will keep my eyes open for the other guys. I have alittle brown snail in there two, but ive never seen it hurt anything, but now I mite just kill it.

    Michael
     
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  8. rosereef

    rosereef Astrea Snail

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    Karma to you for telling me, I have one in my tank that was told to be a nass. snail... :mad:
    I had 2 but a hermit killed one and now I am happy the hermit got it. Well it looks like my other hermit will recieve a nice shell to live in real soon.....
    I am very greatfull I had only 2 and not a whole lot of tank life yet.
     
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