What is this?

[Zerc]

This thing is FAST! It looks like a slug, but it has a flat hard shell on top that you can see in the picture. Anyone know what this is?

 

[ak_reefer]

Stomatella snail great little reef scavenger!

 

[Zerc]

Thanks for the help!

 

[blk822822]

Pretty soon you'll have a bunch. They are great. My son calls them racing snails.

 

[pandora32]

Ive got alot of these. I call them lil speedracers...lol. Thats my nicname from junior high so it kinda stuck with me...lol.

 

[Zerc]

I only seem to have one, are they asexual?

 

[1guydude]

Someone should breed and sell these mother chuckers! *hint*hint to anyone lolI love these snails. Ud think we would see em for sale.D

 

[blk822822]

I have bunches of them. Mine usually only show up at night on the glass. I have some that are pretty large. I think reef cleaners sells them sometimes. Mine just showed up one day

 

[PR_Reefer]

Cool looking snail. I would like to see one in action to see how fast they are...

 

[NanaReefer]

They are truly fast lil buggers! Very cool looking too.

 

[rainydave]

I have had some stomatellas in the past. They are the fastest snails I have ever seen in an aquarium.

I have a few on the liverock I picked up from saltwaternoobs. I can't wait to get them into my *new* tank.

 

[cruzanm]

I had noticed a few of these in the refugium before, I checked out the tank with a little LED flashlight I have and sure enough, they were all over an algae patch near the bottom of the tank I have a tough time cleaning. Totally one of the funnest parts to me about these types of tanks is the "where did that critter come from??" factor.

 

[YamahaF934]

Maybe we should have a get together and see who's is faster. Have a classic snail race!

 

[aja19919]

Zerc, do you have black sand in your tank? If anyone has an extra, I would be interested in them, unless they eat coral.

 

[Zerc]

Yup, black sand.

 

[seedlessinseattle]

Got a ton of these thingies, I can only see at nite. I called them speedy gonzalez he he he

 

[N1Husker]

Zerc, do you have black sand in your tank? If anyone has an extra, I would be interested in them, unless they eat coral.

They don't eat corals. I have quite a few in my tank, but I only see them at night on the glass.