Baby nem chilling on snail

TheDr23 · Jan 10, 2018

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TheDr23
Jan 10, 2018

Anyone seen this behaviour before?

The nem has been on the snail for at least 4 or 5 days.

Im loving it

NowGlazeIT · Jan 10, 2018

This is the coolest anemone related thing I’ve ever seen haha;Bucktooth

NowGlazeIT · Jan 10, 2018

Welcome to R2R by the way!

TheDr23 · Jan 10, 2018

Thanks.

Ive been lurking around the past month or so....about time i joined

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hyprc · Jan 10, 2018

Well I can only wish you the best of luck that he doesn't walk around giving the kiss of death to your corals. If I was in your position I'd probably have a couple racks of RO ice cubes setting in the freezer but I also must admit it's a remarkably rare and cool thing to see!

TheDr23 · Jan 10, 2018

Far out i didn't even consider the kiss of death potential. Thanks for the heads up, im gonna move them.

reef lover · Jan 10, 2018

Welcome to r2r!

hyprc · Jan 10, 2018

TheDr23 said:
Far out i didn't even consider the kiss of death potential. Thanks for the heads up, im gonna move them.

Heh no worries. The reason I mentioned ice cubes is if you keep rubbing them on the foot of the nem, you should be able to get it to let go. Not sure if that might harm the snail after enough time though. Also could blast it with direct flow for a while. I'm not too experienced with nems personally so I'm sure some will be able to chime in with much better suggestions! :)

Wouldn't hurt to get some video of it cruising around the tank with the nem opened up on his shell though - your call!