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sdascher

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This is a pretty red snail!!! I have a few of these hitch hikers, but I saw in one of my books, a simular snail that is not reef safe!! (now I can't find it - too many books!) He was red also, maybe a little different than this little guy. Does anyone know what kind of snail that this is and is this snail reef safe??? He is now living with his buddy's in a plant tank until I can ID and make sure that they are safe.
 

sdascher

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Me again..... he is not really red, more of a creamy orange??? I did however examine this little guy up close with 10X mag. and he has tiny white dots on him!! Really pretty!! Hope this added info helps to ID him.
 

agro

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I had the same snail in my tank and it was ID'd as a horse conch. Which is carnivorous and will eat just about anything. If you do a search for horse conch or look in the photography section at the 'conch pics' thread you will see mine.
 

sdascher

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Yea, it is soooo pretty but pretty don't get it if he will kill others!! I don't know if anyone else has this, but I have a separate "extra" 10 gal. tank ( Critter Tank ) that has a few little things in it that I don't want in the big reef tank like... 4 hermit crabs that got way too big over the past year, a couple of rock mojo anenomes that were on small rocks, a cucumber, a lg. brown hairy looking crab and some small shrimp, some with green belly's that I haven't been able to ID (they are small & fast) and now these conch's! The tank has been set up with LR for about 1 & 1/2 years - Mechanical filter & undergravel filter mainly for hiding places and so far, its not been a war zone!! I have only lost one hermit crab and one flat red rock crab over the last year. I have plants & around 5 lbs. of LR in there also with lots of hiding places. I just don't have the heart to kill anything except bristle worms! I feed them everyday and do water changes etc..
 
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