Do snails leavre there shells?

[wbilton]

The other night when I went to feed my fish, I saw what looked like a snail out of its shell on skimmer I went to get my camera when I got back it was gone. I have Nassarius snail in my tank, do they leave there shells?

 

[bang guy]

Not if they can help it. They are loosly attached to the shell but if they are pulled free they cannot get back in. Although they can live without the shell they are usually quickly eaten.

 

[wbilton]

thats probably what happened to him, I have a cleaner shrimp that tries to take food out of my aneome and likes to hang around my skimmer.

 

[lovethesea]

what about a stomatella ? (sp) I will try to find of pic of ours.
Light browinish kind of blob? Ours darts back into rocks when lights go on.

 

[cartman101]

Or it could of been a flat worm?

 

[wbilton]

looks like the stomatella, I've had my tank for about 5 months now and that was the first I've seen him and I haven't seen him since

 

[thedogofwa]

how big was it? baby snails have an almost transparent shell.

 

[promisetbg]

Stomatella snails are pretty elusive.Try looking with a flashlight at night..you may see him.

 

[wbilton]

Originally posted by TheDogofWa
how big was it? baby snails have an almost transparent shell.
it looked like a full size snail, it wasn't transparent, I haven't seen it since.