New little guy

[nickys609]

Hi there! I'm new here. My tank has almost perfect numbers except alkalinity and calcium are a little low, so we started dosing with those to slowly bring the numbers to optimal for our corals. We started that about 2 days ago. This morning I noticed a tiny new snail. We have 2 good sized turbos but no others snails. I have attached a photo of the new guy for reference. Does anyone know what he is or where he came from? I first thought maybe the turbos had bred but I keep reading that that is very unlikely. I've also read that there is a snail that hitchhikes, but we havent added anything to the tank in over a month. The only thing that had changed (other than water) is the dosing. I'm just curious about our new friend and if hes good to keep. I have also attached a photo with him near a blue-legged hermit crab for size reference.

 

[clownfishdaddy]

Hi there! I'm new here. My tank has almost perfect numbers except alkalinity and calcium are a little low, so we started dosing with those to slowly bring the numbers to optimal for our corals. We started that about 2 days ago. This morning I noticed a tiny new snail. We have 2 good sized turbos but no others snails. I have attached a photo of the new guy for reference. Does anyone know what he is or where he came from? I first thought maybe the turbos had bred but I keep reading that that is very unlikely. I've also read that there is a snail that hitchhikes, but we havent added anything to the tank in over a month. The only thing that had changed (other than water) is the dosing. I'm just curious about our new friend and if hes good to keep. I have also attached a photo with him near a blue-legged hermit crab for size reference.

looks alot like a stomatella snail they completely harmless great CUC

 

[Sharkbait19]

+1 on stomatella
Likely came in with rock or coral.

 

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Welcome! As everyone said it definitely looks. like a Stomatella. Totally harmless.

 

[EeyoreIsMySpiritAnimal]

The other (larger) snail in the photo looks like a cerith

 

[nickys609]

looks alot like a stomatella snail they completely harmless great CUC

Awesome! Thank you!

 

[nickys609]

+1 on stomatella
Likely came in with rock or coral.

Will they lay dormant until conditions are great for them to come out? The rock has been there since January and the last coral was over a month ago.

 

[nickys609]

The other (larger) snail in the photo looks like a cerith

The larger one is a hermit crab, we had purchased some empty shells for them. They're funny how they will make anything a home

 

[Sharkbait19]

Will they lay dormant until conditions are great for them to come out? The rock has been there since January and the last coral was over a month ago.

Lots of hitchhikers can stay hidden for a while, there is a lot of space in the rock for them to hang out.

 

[nickys609]

Lots of hitchhikers can stay hidden for a while, there is a lot of space in the rock for them to hang out.

Very cool. It's like the gift that keeps on giving. We found a bivalve in our Zoas.