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joe____17

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I woke up at midnight last night so i decided to check up on my tank. I looked at one of my peices of live rock and saw 2 very tiny things.
The first was a snail, that's shell was striped, Kind of tan in color.
The second wa sa very very tiny sea slug. It was bright orange in color and had two very small antena looking things on its head.
It was night so i couldnt get my camera since they moved kinda of quick and out of view. Any idea what they are?
 

jimvette1

Member
A picture is worth....aaa...you know the rest....
The one does sound like a snail,I have several of the little guys without a shell. Mine are much faster than the ones with the shell, harmless.

Not sure about the other without a pic, possibly a copepod?
Do a Google search and see if it matches.
 

joe____17

Member
Well the small ornage one is a common seaslug, they're algae eaters. Anyone have one? How big do they get?
 

username.

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without a pic i cant say exactly but i would say the slug looking one is a stometella snail harmless alagae grazer, but the other sounds like a sundial snail which arnt good you should google these names and compare some pics to what you saw other wise no one will be able to tell you for sure
 
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