Looks like a stomatella snail. If so they are one of the best algae eaters there is.Just bought a st Thomas mushroom at the LFS and noticed a cool hitch hiker no clue if he is safe to go in the tank he is still in the bag for now. It doesn't have a shell on its back bit it does look like its back has something a little harder than its underside here are the best pics I could get hes not super small but definitely not big I would say the size of a dime ??! Maybe.... any help would be nice. I dont want to kill him if he's not a nuisance pest.
Ok so I just googled that and it definitely looks like that i think. Its not a traditional looking shell on its back and these don't seem to have them either.
Congrats. You have one of the best algae eater snails there is. Stomatella for sure.Ok so I am not a mollusk-ologist but I'm going to say yes to stomatella but would love a second yes before it goes in the tank after this pics.
Thanks. In he goes!
Haha. Well this thing didn't look like it had a shell either until I took it into the other room. When it was floating in my tank temp acclimating it was hard to see with all the blues. I would still argue what what this thing has can hardly be called a shell at this point! It looks like a very small cap. Lol
I've never seen anyone selling them thats for sure. Why don't vendors sell them?
They show up as hitchhikers and those who end up with them dont want to part with them
Sounds good I didn't know if they were hard to catch or something but ill take anything thats a good add on in the tank.
