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Never seen it before until now, so I don't think it was there previously, however I'll check again in the morning.

Saw this examining my 'tank' at night to see if I can find the source of the clicking (mantis or pistol hitchhiker). It's sitting on a curved portion so if it was just an empty shell it should have fallen down.

Looks like a tiny snail. I only have nassarius and, I was told they're nerite, but look more like bumblebee snails to me in this system.

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If it's trochus, that's super weird, haven't had any trochus since April, and even then, only had the one.

It has since moved, so whatever it is, definitely alive.
 
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Mystery solved!

Baby trochus. I got some rubble rock from a local reefer to seed with coralline (disease free tank), and it came aboard that. He neglected to tell me his snails reproduced. Free snail. Awesome.
 

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Mystery solved!

Baby trochus. I got some rubble rock from a local reefer to seed with coralline (disease free tank), and it came aboard that. He neglected to tell me his snails reproduced. Free snail. Awesome.
Nice! I had my trochus reproduce also. Went from having 4 to 50+. Lol. Nice surprise! You may have more.
 

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