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01-18-2007, 12:15 AM
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Peacock Mantis Shrimp
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Location: Saint Paul
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Is this thing dangerous????
I just found this snail like creature in my tank. What is it, and is it a danger to corals or anything else?
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01-18-2007, 01:11 AM
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Location: Lakeland, MN
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looks like a conch.
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01-18-2007, 01:18 AM
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Peacock Mantis Shrimp
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Location: Saint Paul
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yeah thats what I was thinking, should I worry?
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01-18-2007, 01:23 AM
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TCMAS President
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If it is a conch, then no. However, you might want to snap a better pic of the shell and the foot, and maybe move it to your sump until you are sure. I had what I thought was a conch, that turned out to be a whelk, which enjoyed feasting on my teardrop maxima clam before I realized that he was not "reef safe"
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01-18-2007, 03:58 AM
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I've got the REEF rash!
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From the far away pic looks like a conch,But check to make shure or try a macro shot.
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01-18-2007, 08:50 AM
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Shark
Join Date: Aug 2006
Location: Bloomington, MN
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Conchs have very obvious eye stalks. When they are young and small like that they can travel the glass and rocks. I'm not an expert on hitchickers. In a case like this I would watch it to see what it is eating.
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01-18-2007, 09:49 AM
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Little Fishy
Join Date: Feb 2006
Location: Apple Valley
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definately a murex, I just got back from sanibel and found hundreds of their shells, they secrete a type of mucus that softens the shells of other mollusks, then they punch a small hole in the shell and eat the creature within.
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01-18-2007, 10:22 AM
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Shark
Join Date: Aug 2006
Location: Bloomington, MN
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See, now for me, I simply call anything I don't recongise a Capman xxx.
This would be a Capman snail. We also have Capman crabs, capman algae, capman pods....ect All things shoved in critter boxes waiting for some one to take them to Capman.
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01-18-2007, 10:38 AM
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Axis of Evil
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Location: United States
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Conch also have a large proboscios (long nose, like an elephant).
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01-18-2007, 04:24 PM
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Little Fishy
Join Date: Feb 2006
Location: Apple Valley
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Does the pointed part of the shell curve up a little at the end?
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01-18-2007, 05:14 PM
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From the picture it looks like a Murex Snail.
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01-18-2007, 06:26 PM
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salsa shark
Join Date: Jan 2006
Location: Bloomington
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Gee. Another snail-eating snail? *whistles innocently*
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01-18-2007, 08:59 PM
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Peacock Mantis Shrimp
Join Date: Oct 2006
Location: Saint Paul
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I see if I can find it and take it out of the tank to get a better picture. Will a murex feed on a clam, or just snails?
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01-18-2007, 09:06 PM
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I wouldn't take the chance.
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01-19-2007, 08:55 AM
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Little Fishy
Join Date: Feb 2006
Location: Apple Valley
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They will eat your clam, sounds dirty. LOL
Murex (alias Murray the): The carnivorous Murex Snail eats bivalve mollusks. The shell is usually one to six inches long, and ridged or spiny in appearance. The Murex Snail produces a liquid that is used as a dye called Tyrian, or royal purple. Most species are tropical; they are found on the South Atlantic and Gulf coasts. Murex shells vary greatly; they can be spiny , ridged or flared spirals. The shell surface is slightly smooth , and the color ranges from dirty white to golden.
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