Abalone?

[Dinky]

75 gallon FOWLR w/20g sump\'fuge
60lbs LR
seaclone100 skimmer
160w N.O. flourescent

I was watching the choc star in my fuge today eat a hunk of halibut I
fed it, and spotted against the front glass what appeared to be the
foor of a snail. It looked odd, however, and was near the surface, so
I decided to reach over the egde and give it a poke. It wasn't a
snail. It had a shell, though it was flat, no more than 1/4" surface
to top. about 1/2 in diameter, and it moved FAST, moving out of sight
in seconds. The foot was pale beige, didn't get a look at the shell.
Some kind of abalone, hitch-hiker on the LR that's managed to avoid
my discovery for almost a year?

 

[slave-of-rock]

ive seen that in my tank also, in my nano, i havent seen any damage so im guessing it cant be a bad thing

 

[Reefcherie]

Sounds like it might be Stomatella - check out http://www.reefkeeping.com/issues/2004-05/rs/ for picture and description. Scroll down a ways (but the whole article is well worth reading!)

Cheri

 

[Dinky]

Sounds like it might be Stomatella - check out http://www.reefkeeping.com/issues/2004-05/rs/ for picture and description. Scroll down a ways (but the whole article is well worth reading!)

Cheri

Well worth reading, indeed. The bit about Margurita snails was quite surprising, as I have quite a few.
Stomatella it was. Good find, tyvm. Perhaps I'll remove the solitary hermit from the fuge and see if I wind up with more of them. They'll have to contend with the star, he is forever banned from the display tank, omnivorous little b*****d that he is.<g>