Please help me identify these snails

[NashobaTek]

My snails glide fast and smooth across glass and sand

Looks like a nassarius snail, there's no tattooing on the snout.

 

[Murphs_reef]

Yep a Nass

 

[BrianAnthony]

Looks like a nassarius snail, there's no tattooing on the snout.

Ok. Thanks . I appreciate your help.

 

[BrianAnthony]

Yep a Nass

Thanks.

 

[NashobaTek]

Ok. Thanks . I appreciate your help.

You're welcome.

 

[BrianAnthony]

So,I'm going to officially call these guys Nassarius snails. . What was confusing was they don't bury. They love the sand and glass and appear to eat diatoms. They are like little roombas going back and forth.

 

[NashobaTek]

The only snails I have that I have actually seen bury is my tiger conchs. My nassarius snails I've never seen buried, they're little vacuum cleaners all over the sand rock and glass.

 

[BrianAnthony]

So,I'm going to officially call these guys Nassarius snails. . What was confusing was they don't bury. They love the sand and glass and appear to eat diatoms. They are like little roombas going back and forth.

The only snails I have that I have actually seen bury is my tiger conchs. My nassarius snails I've never seen buried, they're little vacuum cleaners all over the sand rock and glass.

Gotchya. I only have snails in my tank now. I have periwinkles and these nass. I chopped up some raw shrimp and put it into the tank for the nass. I'm wondering if that was a good idea seeing they are really just eating diatoms

 

[NashobaTek]

Gotchya. I only have snails in my tank now. I have periwinkles and these nass. I chopped up some raw shrimp and put it into the tank for the nass. I'm wondering if that was a good idea seeing they are really just eating diatoms

I'd remove it.

 

[Murphs_reef]

You might have said but how deep is your sand bed?

 

[BrianAnthony]

You might have said but how deep is your sand bed?

1 inch to 2 inches depends on the area measured. These guys have never been observed even trying to submerge in the sand.

 

[dsayo]

All my nass go in the sand. Every single one of them.

 

[BrianAnthony]

All my nass go in the sand. Every single one of them.

I'm guessing there's different sub species of nass that prefer sand digging. I know the Vibex Nass is advertised as sand sifting. Perhaps this is what people think of when they hear Nass snail

 

[dsayo]

I'm guessing there's different sub species of nass that prefer sand digging. I know the Vibex Nass is advertised as sand sifting. Perhaps this is what people think of when they hear Nass snail

Totally true. good luck and hope all is good with the snail lol. Cheers!

oh and go leafs go. Lolol

 

[nanonøkk]

all my nassrius snails dig in the sand both my tonga and vibex so these could be like a sub species or something

 

[BrianAnthony]

Totally true. good luck and hope all is good with the snail lol. Cheers!

oh and go leafs go. Lolol

Thanks!

 

[BrianAnthony]

I'm going to try to identify what subspecies of nass I actually have. Then that way, I know how to care for it. Oh well. I'm just snail watching today.

 

[BrianAnthony]

***UPDATE***
ok... So these snails have finally been observed submerging themselves into the sand bed. It's been about a week and a half since I got them. It appears that they enjoy eating and going for a nap. They don't submerge completely (they could if they wanted to) the tops of their shells remain visible while their long nose protrudes the sand. While bits of shrimp, pellet food and algae have always been present in the tank, I did some tank maint and suctioned out all the old food and placed a new shrimp into the aquarium. They swarmed the shrimp and began feeding. So, these snails have been observed dining on diatoms and shrimp. So, their behavior is closely aligned to the Nass Vibex, but not completely.