Nassarius or Whelks? Please help

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kssalah

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I have a 110 gallon tank with a 55 gallon tank as a sump. It is a recent upgrade from a 75 gallon non drilled tank. but the system has been running for about 8 years. The system seems to be healthy, all water parameters are in check, tons of copepods & amphipods are thriving. All corals have great polyp extension and showing signs of growth. Other than finding a couple dead hermits, everything else seems to be running great.

I have recently purchased nassarius snails for the tank about a month - month and a half ago. I have included pictures of both the larger snails that I purchased and a baby that I have seen 4 or 5 of in the last 2 days. The babies appear to have the same coloration and similar shape as the grey and white striped one in the pictures. Their snout is white in color but hard to see in the photos because they are so small. Any help is appreciated. Thanks for taking the time to ID these little guys.




Thanks for your time and help.

Kimber
 

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a few more pictures to help!

Hope the pics help!

Thanks again for looking
 

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From what can tell the little ones look like nassarius snails.
The bigger ones look like the ones they call super tongan nassarius snails
 

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