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Old 03-11-2007, 03:30 AM   #1
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good snail or bad??

havent added anything new but i guess he has been in hiding for a while, Is this snail a good one or a bad one???
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Old 03-11-2007, 12:03 PM   #2
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If its got a snout...get it out.

This isnt always true, but generally speaking, snails that you didnt intentionally add that show up with a snout are many times predatory whelks of one kind or other, they dont use that snout to make friends
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ok thanks it does have a snout so i will get him out of there...
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Old 03-11-2007, 04:08 PM   #4
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LeslieH or greenbean will have a better answer for ya.......but generally speaking that is what ive found in my tanks with hitchhiking snails.

The common nassarius have a snout also, but they are ok.
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Old 03-11-2007, 06:26 PM   #5
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Funky little fella. How big is he?
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i havent found him again yet but he is about 1 inch long chris, beautiful shell and moves 4 times faster than any other snail i have in the tank....
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As FlyGuy said, the snout is a sign of a whelk, so he's a meat eater.

Any snails disappearing? For that matter, anything gone?
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Old 03-13-2007, 03:44 AM   #8
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yeah a couple weeks ago i lost 4 snails in 2 days, i thought i screwed my water up or something but everything checked out ok... i also have an issue with keeping a colt coral but not sure whats up with that, i can keep my LPS and anemone good...
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