TINY snail friend or foe?

[Magic City Reefer]

I just found this TINY (1/8”) snail on the glass in my 60g tank. As far as I can see, it’s the only one. I was hoping someone here can help me figure out what type of snail it is and if it’s good or bad. For some context, my tank is 3 weeks old, and I only have a few zoas, GSP, Xenia, and CUC consisting of (2x emerald crabs, 2x peppermint shrimps, 2x fighting conchs, 3x nassarius snails, and 5-10 each of blue legged hermit crabs, astrea/turbo/trochus snails.

 

[Brady4000]

Is there such a thing as a bad snail? Following.

 

[Dkmoo]

Got a more close up pic? Can't really tell but if its on glass, chances are its a film algae grazer so should be OK.

 

[Magic City Reefer]

Got a more close up pic? Can't really tell but if its on glass, chances are its a film algae grazer so should be OK.

It's so tiny that it's hard to get the camera to focus. I am going to try to see if I can get a better picture with my DSLR camera later.

 

[NeonRabbit221B]

Dwarf Cerith?

 

[ChiCity]

Is there such a thing as a bad snail? Following.

yes… unfortunately, yes.

 

[Udest]

from the shape it could be a strombus snail but no way to tell yet

 

[Townes_Van_Camp]

Is there such a thing as a bad snail? Following.

Yes. I bought one at the lfs less than a week ago. It first cleaned some pineapple sponges off of a rock, then set out to eating other snails. All in the first 12 hours I had it.

 

[minus9]

Looks to be strombus (or dove snail) and a great addition to your CUC. These guys will leave clear circle egg cases with tiny white specs.

 

[Murphs_reef]

Yep looks like a strombus, good guy

 

[Magic City Reefer]

He disappears now for days at a time and then shows up again. I haven’t seen it go near my corals only rocks and glass.

 

[minus9]

He disappears now for days at a time and then shows up again. I haven’t seen it go near my corals only rocks and glass.

They're great film algae eaters and will lay their eggs underneath pumps or overhangs. Mine deposit their eggs on the glass, pumps, return nozzles, etc. They are awesome little guys! Most commonly referred as nano conchs or strombus grazers.

 

[Sharkbait19]

I have one that looks just like it. I believe it's some kind of dwarf nassarius snail. Seems beneficial to me. Just goes around and appears wherever.