Snail with leopard print...

[jabberwock]

This guys is about 1.5 cm long. Cool looking critter. Is it reef safe? I have some bivalves. Thanks for looking.

 

[SaltySam09]

I’m not 100% sure but It looks like a Tonga fighting conch, if that’s the case then they are reef safe, and a great part of the CUC

 

[jabberwock]

Came in on Gulf of Mexico live rock. Maybe that gives it more context.

 

[PR_nano]

Whelk

 

[jabberwock]

So, no Bueno...?

 

[jabberwock]

I reckon I will grow them out and eat them. I have a few now...

 

[PR_nano]

So, no Bueno...?

They will eat clam, can eat other snails for these reasons are consider not Reef safe. If you have a sump you can put it down there to keep things clean.

 

[jabberwock]

They will eat clam, can eat other snails for these reasons are consider not Reef safe. If you have a sump you can put it down there to keep things clean.

Thanks, They are in the sin bin.

 

[madmarks]

Phrontis vibex aka Nassarius vibex aka Dog Welk

Distribution Gulf of Mexico, Caribbean Sea, and southwest Atlantic. It is often found in the shallows.

Active scavengers, feed on decay; a detritus feeder. So a keeper.

 

[tbrown]

Typically if it goes beneath the sand it's considered reef safe, if it stays above sand and prefers glass and rocks it's probably not considered reef safe. Nassarius will go under sand, conch will go under sand, whelk typically will not go under sand.

 

[ISpeakForTheSeas]

It might be Gemophos tinctus - the Tinted/Painted Cantharus or Gaudy Lesser Whelk.

 

[Tamberav]

Whelk, not safe with clams imo.

 

[Bucs20fan]

Whelk for sure, the very defined color of the snail is what gives it away. To the sump it should go, unless you have a snail population you need thinned out. But just fyi, not even the largest of turbos are safe from these.

 

[jabberwock]

Typically if it goes beneath the sand it's considered reef safe, if it stays above sand and prefers glass and rocks it's probably not considered reef safe. Nassarius will go under sand, conch will go under sand, whelk typically will not go under sand.

If only I had sand...

 

[EeyoreIsMySpiritAnimal]

This guys is about 1.5 cm long. Cool looking critter. Is it reef safe? I have some bivalves. Thanks for looking.

Carnivorous whelk! Get it out before it breeds!

 

[EeyoreIsMySpiritAnimal]

They will eat clam, can eat other snails for these reasons are consider not Reef safe. If you have a sump you can put it down there to keep things clean.

Nope, they will breed there and end up in the display.

 

[EeyoreIsMySpiritAnimal]

Phrontis vibex aka Nassarius vibex aka Dog Welk

Distribution Gulf of Mexico, Caribbean Sea, and southwest Atlantic. It is often found in the shallows.

Active scavengers, feed on decay; a detritus feeder. So a keeper.

The OP's photo is a different snail...

 

[jabberwock]

The "Sin Bin" is not attached to the main system. Just an extra system I have running that I can put critters in and change to a hospital tank if I need it.