Hitchhicker ID

[good alex]

Well I found this little guy roaming around my tank today and was wondering if he was a good or bad hitchhicker. He almost looks like a slug but he does have a hard like shell on the back of him, but the shell is flat like a shield or something.
from an upward view

 

[rbrockm1]

it looks like a snail with out a shell. i have one in my tank too. i didn't pay no mine

 

[miaheatlvr]

Looks like a stromatella or keyhole limpet snail, both harmless grazers.

 

[reefreak29]

its a stomatella snail free cleanup crew

 

[mamasky712]

yep, stomatella. We have about 10 or so that have all come into the tank as hitchhikers. We see them all over our lr at night.

 

[good alex]

well this would be the first time i saw one of these in my DT but now that i look for them, i found a whole bunch of them in my refugium

 

[theappe3]

they are basically snails without a shell. Good hitchhiker!

 

[emm0909]

I've got one too. He just bombs around the tank. I like him.

 

[good alex]

do any of you have problems with them?? i keep finding them on the top of the fuge, about 5-6in from the water level. Do you think they will get out of the tank?

 

[reefreak29]

Originally Posted by Good Alex
do any of you have problems with them?? i keep finding them on the top of the fuge, about 5-6in from the water level. Do you think they will get out of the tank?
ive never known them to be problematic, they shouldnt get out of the tank