What snail is this?
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gary shandling
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Looks like a cerith in an odd shaped shell. If you have snails and crabs its best to add a few differant shells so they can upgrade from time to time.
Well it's certainly not the same species of cerith... wrong shell type, wrong color, etc. I wouldn't guess cerith but then I don't know all the different types.. if there are even different types
Snails don't upgrade their shells
And I don't keep hermits, so no extra shells needed.
plack
Sea Otter
I had one and loved it .. No luck finding any more though?
Top was white bottom was black with a red foot.
I will say it was hardy and lived a long time
Where did you get it ?
Top was white bottom was black with a red foot.
I will say it was hardy and lived a long time
Where did you get it ?
I had one and loved it .. No luck finding any more though?
Top was white bottom was black with a red foot.
I will say it was hardy and lived a long time
No black on this one... the body is red with white flecks.
I had one and loved it .. No luck finding any more though?
Top was white bottom was black with a red foot.
I will say it was hardy and lived a long time
Where did you get it ?
From the pictures I've been looking at... yours sounds like it might have been a red footed snail.
I found this very similar picture of mine:
http://images.google.com/imgres?img...firefox-a&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&sa=N
Under "red footed conch". The shell doesn't have the black spirals on it, but everything else looks the same. The description mentions a thorn, and I did see that on another photo of one, but mine doesn't have that either...
gary shandling
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They shange shells if they feel like it. The red color could be from the antic lighting. Some pice under full light or no light with flash would help.
Nope, snails cannot change shells, they secrete their own calcium carbonate shell and grow with it. A snail out of its shell is a dead snail.
It is definitely a very bright red and isn't influenced by the background actinics. Check out the photo of the red conch I posted - the body looks just like that, down to the white speckles.
plack
Sea Otter
Yup, Yours is different It looked like it was black on the bottom in the first picture.
Don't you use any Hermits?
I never did until this year I got some emeralds to help with the nasty Hair algae I've got !
Don't you use any Hermits?
I never did until this year I got some emeralds to help with the nasty Hair algae I've got !
No, I don't use any hermits, but I will use emeralds in the future. They're much better than hermits
Herefishyfishy
Smart Bass
No, I don't use any hermits, but I will use emeralds in the future. They're much better than hermits
I love emeralds for algae control, but little hermits are good for detritus management and waste removal
Herefishyfishy
Smart Bass
Pleuroploca australasia - Red Foot Snail?
http://www.woodbridge.tased.edu.au/mdc/Species Register/sea_snails.htm
http://www.woodbridge.tased.edu.au/mdc/Species Register/sea_snails.htm
I would have the say the shell type looks more like the conch than it does that one. That one is also found in Australia, and not much for the marine trade comes out of there because of their rigorous laws surrounding the trade.
NaH2O
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Good call, herefishyfishy. That is part of the reason why I want to see the operculum of this particular snail. See the shape of the operculum in the photo of the link you provided? Also, note the diet of that particular snail in the description. Might be a good idea to remove it for the time being, and place in the sump. When you pull it out, take a pic of its underside
Actually looking at the shells a little more closely, I would say it is closer to the one Mike posted (the shell itself), but still not the same.
It is MUCH like this one that someone else has up online, if not the same species:
http://reef.geddis.org/cgi/show-photo/Red-footed Snail/dsc03297
It has the characteristic light stripe towards the top of the shell.
I would pull him out but I don't have a sump and don't know where he is atm
