Coral covered snail

Hello all, i had this snail for over a year now and it has been covered with some kind of coral that been growing with a shell, as shell grows coral grows, when i touch it tenticles hide and it feels hard. please tell me what king of coral is this

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I have no idea what that coral is

but I did want to say, thats the best looking snail I have ever seen in a reef tank

Steve

 

I always keep checking on it to make sure its alive i dont want it falling behind somewhere and loose that beauty.

 

http://myreef.org/nwrogers/photos/20070201_green_hydnophora.jpg

That looks quite a bit like what you've got going on there. That would be my guess!!

 

I dont blame you

if the snail does meet with an unfortunate end then at least that shell once rinsed out in some tank water , could be located on the reef and continue to grow

Steve

 

Wow great combo, not sure what the coral is, very neat, I do believe I want one, congrats.

 

thats cool. I now want to frag something on my snails,

 

That is very cool....Hmmmm what an idea! looks like SPS polyps of some sort.

 

Me too. I think I need to get a better class of snails, mine only grow algae on their shells.

 

i understand its SPS looks soft and moves with flow, but when touched its base is white and feels like sandpaper