Please ID whats on my glass?

roggy

roggy

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i have a FOWLR 60 gall salt set up been up for 2 years atleast running well.
Recently I've noticed white spherical shape thingies ont he glass but they seem to be like a pyramid shape from the front view. ive decreased my lighting lately to a couple hours less to fight some algae growth? are these snails, worms? is it bad or good?
 
fishieness

fishieness

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do you have a pic? i was thinking mabe spirorbid worms until you said they have a pyramidal shape? A pic could get you a positive ID by someone im sure.
 
roggy

roggy

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There are soo man now maybe about 15-20
I would say they do look more like the keyhole limpets?
I am having trouble posting pics can i send the pics to people email addresses to verify?
thanks for the help soo far... what should i expect form these snails?
 
roggy

roggy

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im getting an explorer user prompt message when i click on insert Image, i dont remember putting an image on this site being this difficult. ahhhh i wanna post mypic
 
salty cheese

salty cheese

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To post a pic use the "Manage Attachments" below the "Submit" button needs to be smaller than 500x500 pixels.
Harmless algae feeders.
 
roggy

roggy

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yeah thats the biggest one.. what about all the other little ones? so what am i facing?
Im gonna have a bunch of snails now :) did they come from one of my original snails?
 
salty cheese

salty cheese

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Originally Posted by roggy
so what am i facing?
Hopefully many years of a fun and rewarding hobby.
Ooops, forgot expensive. :scared:
Most likely came as hitchhickers, their numbers will ebb and flow.
 
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tizzo

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The other ones, besides the limpet are called collonista snails. They are nocturnal, beneficial and will not get any bigger in size.
 
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