Author Topic: Snail ID (Read 5802 times)

micki · « **on:** July 01, 2006, 23:11:28 »

Anyone have an ID on this? A friend gave it to me as a 'sand sifting" snail...

Reefinmike · « **Reply #1 on:** July 01, 2006, 23:13:26 »

some kind of conch

Slicktrax · « **Reply #2 on:** July 01, 2006, 23:18:33 »

looks like a rare sps eating powder blue murdering snail. better send me your powder blue for safe keeping. if thats not it, then i dont know what it is.

micki · « **Reply #3 on:** July 01, 2006, 23:20:56 »

Quote from: Slicktrax on July 01, 2006, 23:18:33

looks like a rare sps eating powder blue murdering snail. better send me your powder blue for safe keeping. if thats not it, then i dont know what it is.

LOL, I'll take my chances.

Plus the chances of me catching my powder blue without taking the tank down is slim to none.

Hunter21 · « **Reply #4 on:** July 01, 2006, 23:36:29 »

looks to be a olive snail! I could be wrong though! or could be a predatory whelk as well! I've seen snails like this though!

micki · « **Reply #5 on:** July 01, 2006, 23:37:12 »

Quote from: Hunter21 on July 01, 2006, 23:36:29

looks to be a olive snail! I could be wrong though! or could be a predatory whelk as well! I've seen snails like this though!

micki · « **Reply #6 on:** July 01, 2006, 23:43:02 »

I hope it's the olive!

Hunter21 · « **Reply #7 on:** July 01, 2006, 23:43:50 »

how big is he?

micki · « **Reply #8 on:** July 01, 2006, 23:45:31 »

Around 3 inches long

Hunter21 · « **Reply #9 on:** July 01, 2006, 23:54:34 »

well I know there's 2 kinds of olive snails, one's that are more cool water guys and ones that are more for our systems. not sure what kind yours is though! I'm sure someone else will be able to chime in on this as I'm not too good on actual specimen ID's! lol I can just tell you what kind it looks like. lol

as far as diet, not too sure either, I've always heard olive snails were predatory, but then again, I may have heard it from a bad source, never know. I'd keep an eye on him for a couple days. it was like that big giant snail I had, remember him?? well he died as I didn't have what he wanted in my tank except algae and seemed algae wasn't part of his diet I guess! lol

Slicktrax · « **Reply #10 on:** July 01, 2006, 23:57:30 »

http://www.touchthesea.org/olive1-1.jpg

it looks like a variety of olive snail.

Hunter21 · « **Reply #11 on:** July 02, 2006, 00:00:59 »

YAY!! I was right!!!

just don't know the exact one though! lol

ohioreef · « **Reply #12 on:** July 02, 2006, 03:55:30 »

Oh boy......I hear her head inflating all the way up here!!!

micki · « **Reply #13 on:** July 02, 2006, 07:33:12 »

The guy that gave it to me has had it for at least a year or so. He took his tank down and gave me this snail and all of his LR. I think he had at least 50 pounds or more!

Secondgen · « **Reply #14 on:** July 03, 2006, 02:35:55 »

I think you got this snail from my brother Micki. Jacks had it listed as a orange footed sand sifting snail.

micki · « **Reply #15 on:** July 03, 2006, 07:00:30 »

Quote from: Secondgen on July 03, 2006, 02:35:55

I think you got this snail from my brother Micki. Jacks had it listed as a orange footed sand sifting snail.

HI there! Yep you are correct! It's really cool looking!

Good to hear from you!

scott wilson · « **Reply #16 on:** July 05, 2006, 11:55:01 »

Could it be this snail?

Mitra Papalis

micki · « **Reply #17 on:** July 05, 2006, 19:25:16 »

Quote from: scott wilson on July 05, 2006, 11:55:01

Could it be this snail?

Mitra Papalis

Good possibility. Do you know anything about them?

scott wilson · « **Reply #18 on:** July 05, 2006, 22:52:07 »

the are sand sifting snails like ceriths

micki · « **Reply #19 on:** July 06, 2006, 06:49:40 »

Cool! Thanks!

micki · « **Reply #20 on:** November 05, 2006, 19:51:07 »

Well, a month or so ago I noticed this snail had apparently gotten stuck between somr LR. I moved some things to get the snail out and saw that it had died. However when I moved the shell I noticed 2 very "tiny" shells that looked just like it crawl out of the inside of the shell. I haven't seen them again until tonight! I noticed one on the stylo skeleton. Here are a few pictures. Does anyone know anything about how they breed?

Here is a oicture of the one that died:

Here are a few of 1 of the babies:

Slicktrax · « **Reply #21 on:** November 05, 2006, 20:54:30 »

are they eating that coral or is it just a skeleton?

micki · « **Reply #22 on:** November 05, 2006, 20:58:10 »

That's just a skeleton. It was my stylo that died over night for no reason. I just haven't taken it out yet.

Secondgen · « **Reply #23 on:** November 05, 2006, 22:43:08 »

Hey I to have one of those little ones in my tank. I found it when I switched everything over to the 29 gallon tank yesterday.

micki · « **Reply #24 on:** November 06, 2006, 07:27:15 »

Cool! Did you ever have this snail in your tank? I know it came from your brother.

Secondgen · « **Reply #25 on:** November 07, 2006, 15:55:33 »

Nope, never had it in my tank.

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