Is this a reef bad boy?

[prsnlty]

Saw him 5 minutes ago. I'm
watching where he goes in case I have to remove him.

Thanks

 

[_Alex_]

looks like a stometella snail but hard to tell in first picture

 

[Reefing8EZ]

+1, looks like stomatella snail to me too. If so, they are not bad..

 

[JMMJ13902]

I've seen couple crawling around my tank at night too and was wondering the same thing.....

 

[prsnlty]

It doesn't appear to have a shell from the back. I had to take the picture from the other side of the tank and all my laghts aren't ramped up yet.

As long as he's a good guy...
I haven't seen one of these in my tank before and have lost a clam so I question it.

Thank you

125g mixed reef Peninsula

 

[notxes11]

It doesn't appear to have a shell from the back. I had to take the picture from the other side of the tank and all my laghts aren't ramped up yet.

As long as he's a good guy...
I haven't seen one of these in my tank before and have lost a clam so I question it.

Thank you

125g mixed reef Peninsula

Stomatella have shells internally. I would say that is what it is. Good guy to have for your tank. No way IMO did this have anything to do with the clam. It could be a number of different things like pyramid snails or pinched mantle. There is a lot of good info in the clam forum to check out. Hope that helped.

 

[OurReef]

I have tons of them, I don't even use turbo snails any more because of these guys. No more knocked over corals.

 

[prsnlty]

I have tons of them, I don't even use turbo snails any more because of these guys. No more knocked over corals.

Wow... I would love to do the same knowing this. Though I have never seen these snails in local lfs. I'm guessing the hermits won't bother them either? My hetmits tend to kill all my turbos

125g mixed reef Peninsula

 

[prsnlty]

Stomatella have shells internally. I would say that is what it is. Good guy to have for your tank. No way IMO did this have anything to do with the clam. It could be a number of different things like pyramid snails or pinched mantle. There is a lot of good info in the clam forum to check out. Hope that helped.

Yes this did help, thank you! I have checked and rechecked for pyramids but I didn't see any. I'll have to go see what pinched mantle is.

125g mixed reef Peninsula

 

[OurReef]

I don't have a lot of hermits but the ones I have tend to leave them alone. Mine came in some live rock as hitch hikers. They multiply at a decent rate.

 

[Dowtish]

Wow... I would love to do the same knowing this. Though I have never seen these snails in local lfs. I'm guessing the hermits won't bother them either? My hetmits tend to kill all my turbos

125g mixed reef Peninsula

The hermits wont bother this guy, he has no shell for them to steal.

 

[prsnlty]

Well this is all good news then! Big thanks to everyone )

125g mixed reef Peninsula

 

[iretthepirate]

they are good eat algae and stuff. ive seen a few in my tank before ive caught them spewing out wgite stuff before not sure if it was sperm/eggs or poison but my tank was fine. i tossed a couple when i saw them doing it but i still have some. see them once in a blue moon