Tiny snail just showed up and I don't have any snails. Can anyone ID?

[Kdub Koral Guy]

Just started a Nano Reef tank 2 weeks ago. A tiny snail just showed up on my glass. Anything I need to worry about?

 

[jeffchapok]

Looks like a nassarius to me. Good guys. Carnivore instead of algae eaters, but they burrow into your substrate and keep it stirred up. Mine mostly come out at night unless I drop something meaty into the tank.

Also called zombie snails because of the way they come up out of the sand to feed. Very cool to see.

You'll sometimes see their snorkel sticking up out of the sand when they are buried.

 

[HOOPDEEZ]

Not sure on that one, but you should post it on the hitch hiker ID forum

 

[foxt]

Well, you do have snail!

 

[Kdub Koral Guy]

Well, you do have snail!

lol, ya that's 1

 

[Kdub Koral Guy]

Looks like a nassarius to me. Good guys. Carnivore instead of algae eaters, but they burrow into your substrate and keep it stirred up. Mine mostly come out at night unless I drop something meaty into the tank.

Also called zombie snails because of the way they come up out of the sand to feed. Very cool to see.

You'll sometimes see their snorkel sticking up out of the sand when they are buried.

It must have been a hitch hiker in the cured live rock I used to start the tank. Was just concerned he was a bad guy

 

[Soldja12]

It's a nassarius for sure. Above dude explained its function. Its helpful

 

[Kdub Koral Guy]

Update on this...It was def a Nassarius snail. He is growing like crazy too lol (Notice my cheeky Emerald Crab on my GSP in the back ground. All of my bubble algae is gone. I did use 1 ML of Vibrant, which helped immediately as well, but he has finished it off