slug?

[vanz]

Okay, found this guy crawling around my tank. He's pretty big and brown. What is it? Should I take it out?

[rude944]

Need a better pic

[vanz]

that was the best pic that I could get with the camera...the rest were very blurry.

[liquidfunk]

stomatella snail, he is on the good team.

You probably have hundreds of them and didnt even know it.

[vanz]

Originally Posted by liquidfunk

stomatella snail, he is on the good team.

You probably have hundreds of them and didnt even know it.

He doesn't have a shell though...does that still make him a snail? Yeah, there are probably others, but this is the first I've seen it. And it's pretty big.

[impur]

Next time you see it look real closely, they have just a small shell on their back and its the same color as their body. I don't think these guys can retract into their shell like other snails. Its more like a helmet.

[vanz]

Okay, thanks. He disappeared after I posted this thread though. As long as he is beneficial to the tank, then it's all good.

[rude944]

There has been talk of them eating some soft corals depending on the species.

[Loverotties]

To hard to make out!

[vanz]

Okay, so I saw him again. This time I can see the shell clearly, it's actually pretty big. It looks like a mussel shell, and the snail is brown and hairy. Does that describe a stomatella?

[vanz]

He kinda looks liek this, but the shell is a bit different, and his body is very hairy. I took a picture of him, haven't loaded on my computer though, but I doubt it came out clear. I'll try and post it later though.

[michael7979]

Your picture is of a stomatella snail. ^^^

[vanz]

that's not my picture...it's from a google search. I haven't posted my picture yet.

[CraigH]

The stomatella snails in my tank have long attenae. HTH