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08-18-2005, 12:37 AM
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Snail ID
I was given a handful of these snails which were supposed to be Nassarius snails.
I know the pic is small for the snail [acronym:dff77cf044="Identify"]ID[/acronym:dff77cf044] but they are small guys, they look nothing like the pictures that swfish.com has for Nassarius snails. They can bury themselves in the substrate, and do have a little elephant trunk, but i never see them stop to munch on anything... and when they move, they are always ontop of the sand. any ideas?
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75g w/ 30g sump, 160# [acronym="Live rock"]LR[/acronym], 60# sand: Inverts =18 turbos, 30 nassirus's, 40 blue leg's, 5 emeralds, 1 CBS, 1 skunk cleaner, 1 brown gulf shrimp? and various other [acronym="Live rock"]LR[/acronym] hitch hikers yet un discovered or un-[acronym="Identify"]ID[/acronym]'ed Fish=1 yellow tang, 1 yellow headed jawfish, 1 pink/blue shrimpgoby, 2 perc clowns. Future fish = 1 sixline, 1 lawnmower blenny |
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08-18-2005, 01:43 AM
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They are nassarius sp.
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08-18-2005, 09:09 AM
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Look like Nassarius to me. Check them out real close and see if they have a black/white speckle pattern to them, if they do they could be a whelk. I just picked up 9 Nass. for my Nano and they are small but seem to be doing a good job of keeping the sand nice!
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08-18-2005, 10:15 AM
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there are some funny things about these guys..
I had some base rock from hirocks.com that i glued some of my new [acronym:5c0952d7dd="Broken or cut pieces of coral which will eventually grow into a new animal"]frags[/acronym:5c0952d7dd] to... as soon as i put it down on the sand, they swarmed... well atleast 10 of them came to check out the new rock and crawl all over it kinda funny to watch though
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75g w/ 30g sump, 160# [acronym="Live rock"]LR[/acronym], 60# sand: Inverts =18 turbos, 30 nassirus's, 40 blue leg's, 5 emeralds, 1 CBS, 1 skunk cleaner, 1 brown gulf shrimp? and various other [acronym="Live rock"]LR[/acronym] hitch hikers yet un discovered or un-[acronym="Identify"]ID[/acronym]'ed Fish=1 yellow tang, 1 yellow headed jawfish, 1 pink/blue shrimpgoby, 2 perc clowns. Future fish = 1 sixline, 1 lawnmower blenny |
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