Is this a reef bad boy?

[prsnlty]

Saw him 5 minutes ago. I'm
watching where he goes in case I have to remove him.

Thanks

 

[_Alex_]

looks like a stometella snail but hard to tell in first picture

 

[Reefing8EZ]

+1, looks like stomatella snail to me too. If so, they are not bad..

 

[JMMJ13902]

I've seen couple crawling around my tank at night too and was wondering the same thing.....

 

[prsnlty]

It doesn't appear to have a shell from the back. I had to take the picture from the other side of the tank and all my laghts aren't ramped up yet.

As long as he's a good guy...
I haven't seen one of these in my tank before and have lost a clam so I question it.

Thank you :)

125g mixed reef Peninsula

 

[notxes11]

It doesn't appear to have a shell from the back. I had to take the picture from the other side of the tank and all my laghts aren't ramped up yet.

As long as he's a good guy...
I haven't seen one of these in my tank before and have lost a clam so I question it.

Thank you :)

125g mixed reef Peninsula

Stomatella have shells internally. I would say that is what it is. Good guy to have for your tank. No way IMO did this have anything to do with the clam. It could be a number of different things like pyramid snails or pinched mantle. There is a lot of good info in the clam forum to check out. Hope that helped.

 

[OurReef]

I have tons of them, I don't even use turbo snails any more because of these guys. No more knocked over corals.

 

[prsnlty]

I have tons of them, I don't even use turbo snails any more because of these guys. No more knocked over corals.

Wow... I would love to do the same knowing this. Though I have never seen these snails in local lfs. I'm guessing the hermits won't bother them either? My hetmits tend to kill all my turbos :(

125g mixed reef Peninsula

 

[prsnlty]

Stomatella have shells internally. I would say that is what it is. Good guy to have for your tank. No way IMO did this have anything to do with the clam. It could be a number of different things like pyramid snails or pinched mantle. There is a lot of good info in the clam forum to check out. Hope that helped.

Yes this did help, thank you! I have checked and rechecked for pyramids but I didn't see any. I'll have to go see what pinched mantle is.

125g mixed reef Peninsula

 

[OurReef]

I don't have a lot of hermits but the ones I have tend to leave them alone. Mine came in some live rock as hitch hikers. They multiply at a decent rate.

 

[Dowtish]

Wow... I would love to do the same knowing this. Though I have never seen these snails in local lfs. I'm guessing the hermits won't bother them either? My hetmits tend to kill all my turbos :(

125g mixed reef Peninsula

The hermits wont bother this guy, he has no shell for them to steal.

 

[prsnlty]

Well this is all good news then! Big thanks to everyone :))

125g mixed reef Peninsula

 

[iretthepirate]

they are good eat algae and stuff. ive seen a few in my tank before ive caught them spewing out wgite stuff before not sure if it was sperm/eggs or poison but my tank was fine. i tossed a couple when i saw them doing it but i still have some. see them once in a blue moon