Odd creature on snail

[Drumstin]

This is really cool looking. Both snails I have in my QT oddly have these.. don’t see them anywhere else In the tank. Any idea what it is? It’s like my snail has a small sun umbrella lol.

 

[Zach B]

Umbrella for the sun, that’s awesome

 

[patrick886]

very cute indeed

 

[Jedi Knghit]

There was just a post about these the other day.

Mermaid's Cup

Mermaid's Cup

Mermaid's Cup, (Acetabularia crenulata), is a popular algae with a parasol like leaf that arises from a slender stalk. We get aquacultured specimens, that are attached to a small piece of liverock....

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[JGT]

Ironically, it’s umbrella algae.

 

[Drumstin]

too funny. Funny how it's not on any of the tank anywhere besides on both of the only two snails I have in there.

 

[Idoc]

I forget the name, but i had some snails with them as well. Amazingly, that entire structure is a single cell... you might not be excited by that, but I was totally amazed by it when i learned that bit of information!

 

[Drumstin]

Wow that’s even cooler. I am actually since I’ve been using a microscope lately to examine everything now that I’ve got a Dino issue. It’s fun to see at that level and it honestly blew my mind when I saw what the reddish slime actually was lol.