nassarius

I was watching my nassarius snails move when I put food in the tank, and it looks like some of them have a browish yellow flake like thing attached to their tails.. is that normal anatomy? Or is that a flatworm or other parasite and how Do I go about it? Thanks fellas I attached videos

I found this snail in my tank and would love some help on identifying it. I have nassarius snails, but understand that it is extremely rare for them to successfully breed in a reef tank. I also have TBS live rock that I added in June, so it could be a hitchhiker from that (I have not added...

Hello everyone! I may need to leave my snail tank alone for a little bit. I'm attempting to set up an Automatic Water Change system and ensure I have somebody to check up on them but am worried about my Nassarius' snails nutrition. Do they eat carnivore pellets or other non-refrigerated...

Hello, found 2 of these snails on my glass last night when I came down at midnight to check it. They don't have trunks like Nassarius snails and are a orange, tan color I believe. Just want to be sure they are not a pest. Thank you!

Hello everyone! First of all, so sorry for the immensely crude photos. The Nassarius is moving and was really difficult to get a photo as quickly as possible without causing him any harm. What are these green marks? Should I be worried about my friend?

I’m devastated. We were so excited we just got a brand new fire shrimp for our small nano tank. We have a pistol shrimp and my concern was if they would get along. Never even thought to ask my LFS if my snail would be a murderer!! How did this happen?! How did he catch the dang thing?! I’m not...

Did my Nassarius snails kill my cleaner shrimp??? I just noticed them all on the shrimp today. He was fine earlier. I couldn’t get them off him. What should I do? Did I do something wrong with him? I thought they only eat dead things so maybe he died and they got to him right away?

Hi all, I noticed that whenever food is served and my babylonia snail (a.k.a Nassarius Distortus) smell it, there is always 1 or 2 that start climbing the tank glass untill reaching the surface, faling down the sand, then starting over 2-3 times. Is it a normal behavior ? I am just trying to be...

I've one blue legged hermit and two nasarius snails in a 15 gal. Yesterday one of the snails started acting really odd, writhing, not burying himself and going on his back. The other snail was fine today and is buried in the sand atm. I've seen other people say it could be copper but I don't...

Hi all. I hope I am not posting a question that has been asked, but I can't seem to find it anywhere on the R2R site. I have a 15 gallon nano with 2 juvenile clowns, 1 candy cane pistol who sadly lost his long-term goby pair within a week after I bought them, and a large nassarius snail (at...

Added in a serious snail to my tank about a week ago. It immediately burrowed into the sand. I have not seen its siphon since then. I will occasionally bump it when I see its shell towards the surface of the sand to see if it’s still kickin’, which it is. why no siphon though? Too deep I...

Just a warning to fellow reefers here in KY I’ve got nassarius from several stores over the past months and several times I’ve ended up with a whelk in there without knowing it till I got home. Every time they’ve been tiny, too tiny to tell hardly. Only the behavior and subsequent out of water...

Woke up to feed the fish in the morning, then I saw three of my nasarius eating one turbo snails, the turbo snail didn't seem to be dying since I saw it last night moving in the glass, maybe it fell off and couldn't get up again? Is this a normal behaviour for nasarius?

I've been sent a photo by a friend asking what sort of snail these are, he said he's been having some issues with hair algae recently and as it's dying back he's started to see these. Said the only snails in the tank are trochus and nasarius snails but these don't look like either of these so I...

I got some nassarius snails from a seller ive bought nassariusses from but they were much darker in color hoping its a different species. They are much more active in the tank than my all white ones. They do move quickly on the sand but i have never seen a whelk so im not sure how fast they are...

My all time favorite is always Conch, Conch, and Conch. Such a fun, interesting little creature. Those long eyes that react to your action. A powerful leg that moves fast. A cute elephant nose that goes didadidadoo. A heavy body that can't climb glass. A long lived peaceful creature...