What is this

[Giroux471]

Is anyone know which snail is this they came out in the night and during the day they burry themselves in my sandbed my lfs call them babylon snail but with that name i cant find anything

 

[elfda]

Do they have a little proboscis?

 

[Lionfish Lair]

They are not Babylonias, but maybe look up Olive Snail and see if that matches.

 

[Giroux471]

Proboscis ? When they burry it have a kind on antenna staying out of sand

 

[Giroux471]

Lionfish lair i think you are right i just check on google and they really look similar are the good cleaner or reef safe ?

 

[Lionfish Lair]

I would remove them if that's what they are. Maybe take them out of the baggy and go for another couple of pictures to see if we can confirm the ID. Thump one so it goes inside and snap a couple of shots of both sides of the shell.

 

[Giroux471]

Ok i will take care of them when i will go back to my house but with google image i am pretty sure about the id

 

[Giroux471]

For a cleaning crew do you know a good and safe site to order from canada ? Becausw at my lfs they look to made a lot of mistake

 

[Lionfish Lair]

Maybe this will help...

http://reef2reef.com/ams/choosing-cleanup-crew-critters.107/

 

[DaltoniousMax]

They look like nassarius snails. I had one I my tank and it looked like a zombie coming out of its grave every time a piece of food got put in the tank. One of my favorites as far as snails go.

 

[DaltoniousMax]

http://www.liveaquaria.com/product/build_your_own_kit_more_information.cfm?noscript=1&pcatid=3281

 

[elfda]

I'm leaning towards nassarius, too

 

[miyags]

That's what I thought.

 

[Giroux471]

They are pretty big for nassarius 2-3 inch and more

 

[Blue bio-balls]

Welks?

 

[Giroux471]

Here a new pic for id

 

[RyanSweet]

That definitely looks like an olive snail to me too. I wouldn't keep them in my reef because they are known to eat clams and other bivalve mollusks. If you don't plan on keeping clams they may be ok. But myself, I wouldn't trust them.

 

[Giroux471]

I remove 3 /4 cant find the last one ahah and i read they are not reef safe so i will bring them back to my lfs and get a diamond goby

 

[miyags]

What a difference a good picture makes.

 

[Lionfish Lair]

Did the LFS sell them to you as nassarius?