What is this beast

[mtfish]

Seriously, put a piece of fresh fish or shrimp on the sand and it will come out, day or night. Then scoop him up with a net.

 

[35ppt]

It is not a cone snail. And a good thing it is not, they can be dangerous.

Lettered Olive shell, Oliva sayana .

How can you be certain with such a fuzzy, blue photo? It definitely could be, but I wouldn't bet my life on it.

 

[FishypantsMitch]

How can you be certain with such a fuzzy, blue photo? It definitely could be, but I wouldn't bet my life on it.

Sorry thought I posted them

 

[FishypantsMitch]

Sorry thought I posted them

So should I keep this dude in my nano reef?

 

[mtfish]

How can you be certain with such a fuzzy, blue photo? It definitely could be, but I wouldn't bet my life on it.

Because I have seen thousands of them. They are a very common snail on the Texas coast.

 

[35ppt]

Sorry thought I posted them

Looks like lettered oive to me, regardless I would remove it since it's predatory.

 

[mtfish]

So should I keep this dude in my nano reef?

Their natural food are clams. Keep him if you want. Again, you can feed pieces of shrimp.

 

[FishypantsMitch]

Their natural food are clams. Keep him if you want. Again, you can feed pieces of shrimp.

So it won’t be bad for my reef. Will it keep trying to eat my other snails?

 

[mtfish]

What other snails do you have? Although not their first target species, they could possibly kill other snails also. If that is the case, then I would say banish him to the sump or take him out to be 100 percent safe.

 

[FishypantsMitch]

What other snails do you have? Although not their first target species, they could possibly kill other snails also. If that is the case, then I would say banish him to the sump or take him out to be 100 percent safe.

I think I’m going to take him out to be in the safe side really ticked at my LFS after saying that there good and paying $15 for the little bugger.

 

[K7BMG]

I am sure your LFS will take him back.
Worse case will be a credit.