snail identification

  1. GiraffeShepherd

    Nassarius, whelk, or other?

    Greetings and salutations! I was hoping that some of you would be willing to help me ID my snails. I added between 6-12 what I purchased as "nassarius" snails to the tank about 6 years ago. It is my understanding that it is uncommon for them to procreate in our systems, but I seem to have many...
  2. ACNaturalHistory

    Baby nassarius, whelk, or something else? Snail ID

    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...
  3. szxth

    What are these snails in my aquarium ?

    There is 1000’s of these tiny white snails in my aquarium an i have a few questions about them. • What eats them ? • Is it me that has too remove them ? • Good clean up crew ? • anything i need too worry about ? • are they worth anything ?
  4. cheinuts

    Help Identifying mini snails

    Hello, I have started a new reef tank and I am about three weeks in. I did something a bit out of the normal with this tank and decided to try to kickstart my cycle with some sand from an isolated beach (I couldn't help it, I am a micobiology researcher by trade). I love it as I have a 50%...
  5. ralquist

    Baby Snail explosion!

    I’ve been noticing these here and there. Didn’t realize they are everywhere at night till recently prob 50+. Move pretty quick for their small size. Any thoughts would be much appreciated!
  6. X

    Help identifying snails?

    Hi!! For the past weeks, I watched tiny snails growing in my tank, I completely ignoredd it, but now I noticed there are tons of snails and some of them are growing, still tiny but growing, just in 1 glass today I counted 17. So I was wondering if any of you guys can identify this type of...
  7. F

    good snail or bad snail

    found this snail in the tank today trying to ID and see if its ok to keep or not
  8. Z

    Unknown snail

    At least three of these guys managed to hitchhike into my new nano tank on live rock. I will try to get better pictures tomorrow when the lights are back on, but they look like oyster drills to me. As far as I know, oyster drills are on the Atlantic side of FL and the rock came from the gulf...
  9. cdarcy

    Snail ID

    We found this snail in our tank and cannot figure out what it is! We know it isn’t a bumble be snail. The body is white. We just really want to make sure it isn’t a harmful snail to our coral. It definitely hitchhiked on one of our newly bought coral frags. The store reps don’t know what it is...
  10. Fugie

    Snail Identification... Is it a Bladder Snail?

    I have these snail hitchhikers replicating in my newish aquarium. Their identity is a mystery to me and was hoping someone would be able to inform me. They kind of look like bladder snails but those are a freshwater species as far as I know.
  11. Tobin VP

    Baby Snail Identification

    For the past two weeks I have noticed the development of 60-70 small white (sometimes redish) formations on my Invert QT tank glass. They appear to the naked eye to possibly be baby snails. They are attached pretty securely and are about 1 mm in size. I currently have Astraea, Nassarius...
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