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Susan Edwards

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Just spotted this in my tank a couple days ago. No shell that I can see. Is it good? I can't decide if it's cute or butt ugly.

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Yes, stomatella snail. They will breed readily without you trying and are primarily nocturnal. Great microalgae eaters.
 
Stomatella! I have hundreds of them that start migrating up the glass just before lights out. My tank glass is covered with them at night. Good to have!
 
I have no Idea but my tank has been set up for decades and I occasionally get one of those. One of them got huge but very cool looking. It scared me to death once when I heard a noise in my kitchen and it was making itself a bacon, lettuce and tomato sandwich. :eek:
 
They can hitch hike on anything. I too started with all dry rock and have one good sized stomatella and just found a baby the other day. They are great for our tanks and an excellent part of the cleanup crew
 
I started with dry rock as well. I am confident my first one came in on my first montipora frag and now I have a population.
 

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