Sundial--is it or isn't it?

[Pufferpunk]

There are a couple of reasons I'm thinking not. The ridges aren't the same & it doesn't really have the same checkerboard patterns as in the pics at ZoaID. Also, I NEVER see them on my zoas--always out in the open & only at night. My zoas seem fine too.

I've pulled out about a dozen of these guys in the past week.

 

[jonbar1]

Not a sundial.

 

[Pufferpunk]

I'm really hoping not. I hate to pull out benefitial creatures & kill them. I also hate putting my hands in my tank so much.

 

[Stixbaraca]

nope...I have a bunch of them...they go away for a while, then bloom up, then go away for a while...they never harm anything though.

 

[JGoslee]

I have some also. They don't do much of anything in my tank. They like to hide all day.

 

[Smarsh]

definitely not a sundial. Sundial's are flat and round.

Sandy

 

[Reef Gardener]

Not sure if I am spelling this right but looks like a Collonista? They arent harmful at all from what I have read.

 

[Azurel]

As reefgardner said they are not harmfull and will eat algea on you glass and rocks.....I have had an out break of them from time to time.....Never hurt anything.

 

[minibowmatt]

yeah, collonista IMO. I pull them out anyway.. I dont want to take the chance.

 

[vetteman]

sundials have a pointed cover that they use to close the opening in the shell

 

[JGoslee]

Does anyone have a good closeup pic of a sundail?

 

[vetteman]

Zoaid has pic's I picked one off some new zoa's my LFS just got in...... His puffer loved it :tongue8:

 

[vetteman]

http://www.melevsreef.com/id/sundial_snail.html

 

[Pufferpunk]

Well, that's all good to knw, thanks guys! They sure have a close resemblence though.

 

[MarvinsReef]

Well, that's all good to knw, thanks guys! They sure have a close resemblence though.

for sure...

 

[TyreeUM]

I always thought those were some type of nerite? they come out at night and are great herbivores-reproduce well under the right conditions.

 

[Pufferpunk]

Well, I must have the right conditions then--found a few more last night.

 

[TyreeUM]

yeah i have tons of them in my tank-they are great