brianpage821
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I found a bunch of these tiny snails in my reef tank, can anyone help me identify them.
Snail id
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Formulator
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Nassarius snail. Awesome free CUC! They live in the sand and help keep it clean. People pay $5 a piece for them at the LFS so consider yourself lucky!
BristleWormHater
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It's a lighting dove snail, free clean up crew.
BristleWormHater
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Narssarius snails have much more defined points and rims, though have a similar shape to a dove snail. I'm pretty sure this is a lighting dove snail though.
Formulator
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I’m not a snail expert, but I do know there are 2 common nassarius species in the hobby. One of them has the more defined points/ridges (nassarius distortis) and the other does not (nassarius vibex). You could still be right though.
BristleWormHater
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Vibex does look really close but the color is a big characteristic of the lighting dove.
Lighting dove snail
Formulator
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Oh ya for sure, you got it. I’d never seen those before. Neat snail!Vibex does look really close but the color is a big characteristic of the lighting dove.
Lighting dove snail
EeyoreIsMySpiritAnimal
Just another girl who likes fish
Not nassarius
Formulator
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Ya we got there eventually
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brianpage821
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Thanks I have at least 100 or more. Started looking around rocks and there on rocks, sand and glass.
BristleWormHater
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How big is your tank?
shakacuz
hang loose, cuz
and they also readily reproduce in captivity!
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brianpage821
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The one they are in is a 40 gallon but have a 180 and a 210
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brianpage821
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Might need to move some to my other tanks.
