Kole Tang picking at snails

[abecker]

Has anyone had a Kole Tang picking at their snails? I keep seeing it pick up a snail or two off of the sand bed, and trying to pick at my turbo snail.

 

[85173]

My guess is that it is after algae on their shells, not the snails themselves.

 

[azbigjohn]

My guess is that it is after algae on their shells, not the snails themselves.

That was my first thought, too.

My Kole is pretty aggressive at picking at rocks, so I can imagine taking a chomp of algae, and actually picking up the shell until it comes lose. Are you seeing the Kole picking at the soft, meaty part of the snail, or the shell?

 

[abecker]

I think just the shell