any help identifying this big snail plz!!

[kenlo]

hi folks. Im new into saltwater and i have this guy that came with as a hitchicker and i have no clue what it is even though it looks coll and goes all around the glass, powerhead..u call it!! I have some soft corals and thats my concern!!!.
Can you plz tell me what it is and the specific name if you know to do some research on this guy??
thanks a lot

 

[rdnelson99]

I have no idea but it looks pretty cool in my opinion. Hope he is a "Good" addition LOL. Good luck finding an ID. Where is Mr._X when you need him?

 

[hiltymj]

Only thing I can say is if it looks really cool then you need to be careful

 

[kenlo]

I went to my lfs with it and they had no clue about neither.

 

[rdnelson99]

Only thing I can say is if it looks really cool then you need to be careful

LOL Isn't that the truth.

 

[mr_X]

that's no snail. it's a flatworm. good or bad, i don't know. you'll have to wait and see what it does. most of them are predators.
if you have some time, you can look through these and see if you can find a match-
The Sea Slug Forum - Species List
and there's also this-
Marine Flatworms of the World!

 

[kenlo]

i looked at the pages and on the sea slug i found some similar species but not like the one i have. i cant believe there more than 3000 species out there

 

[kenlo]

do you know what they eat??

 

[mr_X]

sponges, soft corals, tunicates, sessile inverts, and once in a while, you'll find one that eats algae.
that is one awesome looking creature though. i'm wondering if there is no food for it in your tank and that's why it's out in the open like that.

 

[kenlo]

That was my major worry. I have some soft corals and mushrooms. Hopefully once I get back home I still have them

 

[mr_X]

we'll see. who knows, he might be a sponge eater

 

[kenlo]

I'm sorry I'm kinda new into saltwater. I know this is a dumb question but when you say sponge, what do u refer to? Soft corals or another type of sponge?

 

[mr_X]

sponges are not corals.
Sponge - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
google is your friend.