Author Topic: Snail Question (Read 6444 times)

Joel · « **on:** May 04, 2006, 20:46:00 »

I visited a customers aquarium today (live rock & some basic corals, few fish)
I noticed there were tons of small snails in his tank, they were about the size of the tip of a pencil eraser. They were white-ish with tan stripes. They seemed to be very prolific in his tank which normally means they are a bad thing. Anyone have these or got info on them? I have no pictures to post of them.

Thanks...Joel

ohioreef · « **Reply #1 on:** May 04, 2006, 20:50:44 »

Were they round or elongated? They might possibly be collonista is they are round. Collonista is a beneficial hitchhiker.

Slicktrax · « **Reply #2 on:** May 04, 2006, 20:51:49 »

isnt there a small snail in that description that eats clams?

ohioreef · « **Reply #3 on:** May 04, 2006, 20:53:46 »

A pyramid snail eats clams, but it is elongated with a pointed tip, but there is a snail called a rissoid that looks almost identical to a pyramid. I had to send a couple of mine to Dr Ron to verify whether they were pyramids or rissoids. I lucked out and have rissoids. Some species of pyramids prey on astraea snails.

Slicktrax · « **Reply #4 on:** May 04, 2006, 20:54:29 »

ok, i though that was you that sent some off to dr. ron.

Joel · « **Reply #5 on:** May 04, 2006, 21:01:51 »

I looked up a picture and discription of collonista snails and they do look alot like that. I'll pull a few out of the guys tank to inspect better. According to what I found, they are harmless, great algae eaters and reproduce readily in aquariums. I need to snag a few for my new reef tank and get them established in it.

Thanks for the quick reply you guys, I think you got it!!!!

Joel

bigfalcon36 · « **Reply #6 on:** May 04, 2006, 21:04:12 »

Just a heads up, I have them and I yank them out when I see them...they look similar to the ones that eat Zoa's and i don want to chance anything.

Joel · « **Reply #7 on:** May 04, 2006, 21:10:32 »

Is there a reef safe predator for these guys?

micki · « **Reply #8 on:** May 04, 2006, 21:11:12 »

I would really like to see some pictures of what you guys are talking aobut. Every night I have TONS of snails on the glass in my tank. I've wondered if they are ok or not...

Joel · « **Reply #9 on:** May 04, 2006, 21:13:45 »

I'll try to remember to take my camera in the morning and get a pic or two....

micki · « **Reply #10 on:** May 04, 2006, 21:16:10 »

Cool thanks!

Viggen · « **Reply #11 on:** May 05, 2006, 00:23:27 »

I had something like that a few years ago in my old reef tank. I purchased 10 ceruth (or however they are spelled) snails & in a year or so there were thousands of those little dots around the aquarium which slowly became bigger & bigger

most of them died when I moved the tank

micki · « **Reply #12 on:** May 05, 2006, 07:17:18 »

I'm thinking/hoping that is what I have, or at least something that is good. LOL

scott wilson · « **Reply #13 on:** May 05, 2006, 08:05:47 »

I have these snails. They are reef safe. They do not eat zoos. They eat algae. They reproduce readily in your tank. If they are what I am talking about they are like a clam on a half shell. Well they have a shell that looks like a curved finger nail there foot extends beyond the shell. When you try and remove them they will usually drop the bottom most part of there foot. This part then wiggles around and such. I have kept a close look on them for about 6 months and have never seen them eat any coral.

Scott

micki · « **Reply #14 on:** May 05, 2006, 08:07:27 »

Cool! Thanks Scott!

ohioreef · « **Reply #15 on:** May 05, 2006, 08:10:02 »

What you're describing are stomatella, Scott. I have those as well.

scott wilson · « **Reply #16 on:** May 05, 2006, 08:58:55 »

they are in Julian Sprungs invertebrate ID book as well. of the top of my head I know that he says they are reef safe.

Joel · « **Reply #17 on:** May 05, 2006, 12:13:43 »

Well, naturally I forgot my camera this morning but I did give these guys a much better look. I don't think they are a harmful snail. They were all over the glass eating algae. There are lots of Zoo's in the tank and I looked very closly and did not see any on them or any of the other corals. I looked again on line at the Collonista sp. and I believe this is what they are.

Scott, this tank has the one's you discribed too, as do my systems at the shop. I've allways refered to them as limpits althought that might be a catch all name for several specices that are similar.

Anyway, thanks everyone. I think I got the answer I needed. I'm going to leave them alone.

scott wilson · « **Reply #18 on:** May 05, 2006, 12:35:29 »

I am sorry I am guilty of skimming.

I just looked at the google images of Collonista sp I have them too. When I first saw them I thought wow baby turbo snails. I have some that are the size of pencil lead and never as large as an eraser. Same markings. I am sure there are many species out there I may have a smaller variety but yes these to seem harmless.

I really like the stomatella ones I was describing, a little ugly but they seem to do a great job.

Sorry for my tangent I will read better next time.

ohioreef · « **Reply #19 on:** May 05, 2006, 16:20:20 »

Not a problem, Scott. I didn't think it was off tangent at all.

Slicktrax · « **Reply #20 on:** May 05, 2006, 16:49:38 »

speaking of tangents, anyone remeber the definition of cosine?

ohioreef · « **Reply #21 on:** May 05, 2006, 16:57:40 »

You asked:

1)In a right triangle, the ratio of the length of the side adjacent to an acute angle to the length of the hypotenuse.

2)The abscissa at the endpoint of an arc of a unit circle centered at the origin of a Cartesian coordinate system, the arc being of length x and measured counterclockwise from the point (1, 0) if x is positive or clockwise if x is negative.

Slicktrax · « **Reply #22 on:** May 05, 2006, 17:00:52 »

and i thought i (being nerdy accountant type) would be the only one to get that terrible joke.

ohioreef · « **Reply #23 on:** May 05, 2006, 17:02:12 »

Obviously I didn't!!!

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