Snail ID

[GrndHog]

This was a hitchiker on my LR from liverocks.com

Good or bad?

 

[alrmc4]

looks like nassarius to me if so nice freebie

 

[ellisz]

That one looks a bit different than the one I got with Liverock.com order but all the ones I got were predatory snails. They looked similar to nassarius but they harldy ever went in the sand.

After I added some nassarius, I witnessed one of these snails trying to kill one of my nassarius. I have since moved as many of them out of the tank as possible.

Like I said, that one looks a bit differnt but I would watch out. One of the AA members told me that if it likes the sand, it is probably a nassarius. If it spends most of it time on LR, then it is probably a predator snail.

Most of the nassarius I have are hidden most of the time. When you feed, they start popping up everywhere. Very cool

 

[reefrunner69]

Not sure what they are, but they don't look like my nassarius. Might try contacting LR.com and see if it is a common species for them and what it might be.

 

[alrmc4]

here is a pic

of what my fish store sold me as a n snail hope it helps you identify and if that is not what it is please someone let me know.

 

[reefrunner69]

Lor, your pic looks like a nassarius to me, but the pic GrndHog posted does not, the shell shape isn't right and his snail either has a spiked shell, or it wraps a mantle around the shell.

 

[Biggen]

The way the animal wraps around the shell it almost looks like a cowrie of some sort. However, cowries don't have ribbed shells that I know of.

 

[GrndHog]

I was hoping that someone that has purchased gulf rock from Liverocks could ID this.

It acts pretty normal, as far as snails go, but just kinda strange looking.

 

[ellisz]

Here is a thread I started awhile back. These snails came from my liverock.com order. They were always on my LR and I started removing them after I witnessed an attack on a new nassarius snail I added.

http://www.aquariumadvice.com/viewtopic.php?t=15694&highlight=

HTH

 

[notmuffy]

It acts pretty normal, as far as snails go, but just kinda strange looking.

LOL Well if it starts throwing sand and swearing at you, come talk to me and I will sick my Mystery-tentacle-shooting-gelatinous-thing on your snail.