Snail-like thing

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  1. blackraven1425

    blackraven1425 Giant Squid

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    So, I have this thing in my tank that looks and acts like a snail. It eats algae and is generally cool, but I'm wondering what it is. It moves much faster than a normal snail, and is kinda halfway between snail and slug in that it's got a weird half-shell on it.

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  2. Seano Hermano

    Seano Hermano Giant Squid

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    Can you get a picture? This would be very helpful in the identification of this specimen! :D
     
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  3. kcbrad

    kcbrad Giant Squid

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    Wow, that is weird! Can't wait to see what it is!
     
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  4. blackraven1425

    blackraven1425 Giant Squid

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    There's 2 up, I moved them to a different album so they were broken for a minute.
     
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  5. pagojoe

    pagojoe Corkscrew Tentacle Anemone

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    That'll be a Stomatella. Long antennae and fast crawling along with the flattened shell on the dorsum are good clues. They're good algae eaters.

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    Don
     
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  6. blackraven1425

    blackraven1425 Giant Squid

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    Me neither. If they're not toxic to corals, I'd like to get a couple more, this guy usually sits in the crevices of the overflow, which means it never gets clogged lol
     
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  7. stepho

    stepho Panda Puffer

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    Dang you beat me too it Don. I was excited when I saw an ID I knew. ;D

    Stomatella's are awesome. I have a couple of them in my reef.
     
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  8. Seano Hermano

    Seano Hermano Giant Squid

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    Wow! This thing is crazy looking. I want one! :) Would they sell them at my LFS?
     
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  9. Skylark

    Skylark Spanish Shawl Nudibranch

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    Ask, you never know but it may be easier to ask a friend who has them and get a few, they multiply really well. I had a bunch but my cleaner shrimp learned a new trick one day and poof...
     
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  10. NU-2reef

    NU-2reef Montipora Digitata

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    you'll have better luck catching these guys hitchiking on live rock than asking the lfs. they do an amazing job cleaning and get into some pretty tight spaces which other jumbo shelled snails cant.

    +1 to this snail, if only someone could start reproducing these guys and making them more available to the market. id rather have them than a bunch of other bulldozer snails.
     
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