Snail ID Please

CastAway · Oct 17, 2016

Ive seen some SPS losses in a tank, and the only thing new may be these tiny snails.

What do you think they are?

@Lionfish Lair?

Reeferdood · Oct 17, 2016

Pics did not go through...

CastAway · Oct 17, 2016

CastAway · Oct 17, 2016

DeniseAndy · Oct 17, 2016

Not sure, but not ones I would say are sold to reef keepers. Do you have pics of the snail other than shell?

Reeferdood · Oct 17, 2016

Almost looks like a Nassarius...
Those are supposed to be safe

DeniseAndy · Oct 17, 2016

I have not seen a nassarius with that style of shell. Most that I know of are safe. Not the orange stripey one though. It is listed as not reef safe by many sites as Babylonian.

Closest I can come up with is a freshwater snail looking similar.

Reeferdood · Oct 17, 2016

Look up Corallophila snails.. They might be the culprit...

CastAway · Oct 17, 2016

I don't.

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CastAway · Oct 17, 2016

Of all the corals in this particular system, why just the Birdsnest bites it? Grasping...

Nibejeebies · Oct 17, 2016

Ohs Noes! Sorry your having losses man, I'm following along

CastAway · Oct 17, 2016

Not my losses Josh. Not my system. Just trying to help. [emoji6]

Reeferdood · Oct 17, 2016

Did you look up the snails I mentioned above?

CastAway · Oct 17, 2016

Reeferdood said:
Did you look up the snails I mentioned above?

I did. Didn't see an exact match, but, think that may be it.

HmoneyReefOkc · Oct 17, 2016

Definitely some type of Coralliophila snail based on what you have provided. Kill with fire, from what I recently have seen by an advanced reef keeper tests only hydrogen peroxide dip kills them. SPS eating snails are extremely invasive and hard to eradicate as they will breed rapidly in captivity with food source.

tampasnooker · Oct 18, 2016

I have them (or a very similar species) in several of my grow out systems. They flock to the glass at night to feed on diatoms. I find them under SPS, but just hiding. Never seen them eat a coral, although I have seen them on one that was suffering from another ailment. I have removed SPS that are fully encrusted on the racks and found several of these guys hiding underneath, with zero damage to corals.
I don't have time for an extensive search, but Coralliophila that I see on Google are all rough textured shells; mine and the OP's shells are smooth. Also, the opening is slit shaped. Coralliophila are have a more rounded operculum.

CastAway · Oct 18, 2016

tampasnooker said:
I have them (or a very similar species) in several of my grow out systems. They flock to the glass at night to feed on diatoms. I find them under SPS, but just hiding. Never seen them eat a coral, although I have seen them on one that was suffering from another ailment. I have removed SPS that are fully encrusted on the racks and found several of these guys hiding underneath, with zero damage to corals.
I don't have time for an extensive search, but Coralliophila that I see on Google are all rough textured shells; mine and the OP's shells are smooth. Also, the opening is slit shaped. Coralliophila are have a more rounded operculum.

Thanks for the response.