What are these slug like thing?

[dmolavi]

Three of them on my rock...they have a shell on the back. Are they juvenile snails?

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[coltonwsmith]

Correct me if wrong, but they look like stomatella.

 

[dmolavi]

Googled them and I would agree. I tossed them back in the tank.

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[dmolavi]

OK, so to followup here, it looks like these buggers are breeding like bunnies (slow, slimy bunnies). Can they turn into a pest, or do they regulate their population naturally (ie, not enough food, high mortality rate, predation by other tank inhabitants, etc)? Will scraping them off the glass and allowing them to get tossed around the tank, and hopefully sucked into the skimmer, take care of them?

 

[dmolavi]

Reading this link: ReefCorner | Stomatella Makes me think that I shouldn't have anything to worry about.

 

[Dav3]

Yeah they come and go.

 

[Mebbid]

Yep, definitely stomatellas. I wish I had more than 1 actually.

 

[dmolavi]

At first I thought the little white specs on my glass were calcification or some other buildup, until I saw the tiny little antennae and the fact that they were moving.

So long as they don't reach pest level, I'll leave them be.

 

[dmolavi]

Yep, definitely stomatellas. I wish I had more than 1 actually.

Where are you located? If I can find a few decent sized ones, I might be able to send them your way.