Elegance coral eating snails

[lv_reefer]

Is it often an elegance coral eat our hard working snails? I am considering to keep one if it is not that notorious.
Please share your story

 

[kharmaguru]

Never heard of it.

 

[lv_reefer]

It was mentioned in more than one articles like this

 

[JohnL]

Elegance Coral Eating Turbo Snails?? Now Shriveled?

Anyone ever heard of a Elegance coral killing or eating snails?? I found 2 dead snails in my elegance coral last night, and 1 of them it had its tentacles in... When I pulled it out It wreaked of death so not sure how long it was liquefying its inards.. But heres the troubling part... It has...

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[JohnL]

Elegance The Snail Hunter

I remember not too too long ago there was some discussion of how a reefer's elegance was eating his snails. I do not think the reefer ever caught the elegance in action, the only evidence was the pile of shells left over around the coral. Mine has not yet successfully eaten a snail, though he...

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[griss]

Never heard of it.

I hadn’t either but then John found those threads.

 

[Reefing102]

Huh. You learn something new everyday though it doesn’t appear to be common