Woah, new snail, what is it?

[Kinetic]

All of a sudden I see a new snail in my pico tank. I have so many little critters now! This LR was absolutely amazing. I got about 2 lbs. from a VERY established sump, and out comes tons of pods, and now this cool snail. Looks like a white/purple stomalla or something. Can someone please tell me what it is? and if it's safe in my softy tank?

 

[mr pink floyd]

i haev one of those too, comes otu at night, csnt figuer tit out, it hads a hard shell too

 

[Kinetic]

mine's out in the middle of the night =/ has it caused you any problems?

 

[ugination87]

that looks like a baby margarita snail

 

[RicksReefs]

Stomatella varians, good guy

 

[Dubbin1]

Yup its a stomatella snail. Good guys that will reproduce in your tank.

 

[Paintbug]

yep stomatella snail, very aggresive algae eaters. lucky you!!

 

[Anemonebuff]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=6808165#post6808165 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by Paintbug
yep stomatella snail, very aggresive algae eaters. lucky you!!

Soo aggresive that they tend to have their populations crash when the algae is gone.

 

[Kinetic]

wow cool, thanks. He never ate algae before my cerith cleaned out the tank... but now that it's so clean, he's come out into the open. I guess he doesn't eat as much as a cerith? or my cerith was just darn hungry in my other tank of 15 ceriths and 4 trochus.

 

[minimalist]

I got two on some LR about a month ago. I now have 10+. They spawn simultaneously, launching white bubbles into the water column in unison. It's quite a sight.

 

[21Reefman]

minimalist is right, it is cool to see. Mine tend to wait until I turn off the overflow and the water is calm, around 9:30 at night. They all go to the highest point they are near (on top on the clam, the tallest point of any rock), and they Rise-Up on thier "hind legs",LOL, and begin to SQUIRT away, for about 20min. I have counted over 20 puffs of eggs from one snail