Snail Invasion, plz help!!!!

[kiefers]

several months ago I started a thread on these snails. Although I wasn't able to get clear pics of these lil critters, I got really no replies.
So tonight, after getting 3 fozen of these off the glass and in the trash, yet again, I snapped some pics and they came out great. Two weeks ago I redid my aquascaping and literally got 6 dozen of these of the rocks and more from the substrate with vacuming. Help with I.D. and removal ideas pls. not the big hermit shell but the little critters.

 

[kiefers]

Oh... and with all of this said, thy have not been witnessed eating any corals. For the most part, they avoid them.

 

[snakeblitz33]

They almost look like Sundial Snails... http://www.melevsreef.com/id/sundial_snail.html
Sundial Snails eat Zoanthids... Still though, I'm not quite sure and don't have a complete positive ID on them yet.

 

[meowzer]

They are collonista snails...HARMLESS...filter feeders...will multiply baed on the amount of excess nutrition available....will show up mostly at night too

 

[kiefers]

Quote:
Originally Posted by SnakeBlitz33 http:///t/387785/snail-invasion-plz-help#post_3414639
They almost look like Sundial Snails... http://www.melevsreef.com/id/sundial_snail.html
Sundial Snails eat Zoanthids... Still though, I'm not quite sure and don't have a complete positive ID on them yet.
thanks for the link snake.. this looks nothing like the snot balls in the tank. Mine are tan color and the brown is blotchy, kinda like lepard spots and verticle lines. I dunno, maybe there are a wide variety of the sundials?

 

[snakeblitz33]

Nope, meowzer is right. Sorry, I posted it at like 1 in the morning, I was tired. They are Collonista Snails. As Meowzer has pointed out, they are harmless. It's fun to know that you are breeding snails in your tank... that your tank is that healthy.

 

[kiefers]

Quote:
Originally Posted by SnakeBlitz33 http:///t/387785/snail-invasion-plz-help#post_3414663
Nope, meowzer is right. Sorry, I posted it at like 1 in the morning, I was tired. They are Collonista Snails. As Meowzer has pointed out, they are harmless. It's fun to know that you are breeding snails in your tank... that your tank is that healthy.
thank you meowzer...
Quote:
Originally Posted by meowzer http:///t/387785/snail-invasion-plz-help#post_3414647
They are collonista snails...HARMLESS...filter feeders...will multiply baed on the amount of excess nutrition available....will show up mostly at night too

 

[slice]

Jeeze, and only 1 day after your picture post trying to gain credibility....

Quote:
Originally Posted by SnakeBlitz33 http:///t/387785/snail-invasion-plz-help#post_3414663
Nope, meowzer is right. Sorry, I posted it at like 1 in the morning, I was tired. They are Collonista Snails.

 

[kiefers]

Quote:
Originally Posted by Slice http:///t/387785/snail-invasion-plz-help#post_3414731
Jeeze, and only 1 day after your picture post trying to gain credibility....

oh... so what do you think?

 

[slice]

Quote:
Originally Posted by Kiefers http:///t/387785/snail-invasion-plz-help#post_3414746
oh... so what do you think?
I was just yanking Snake's chain, sorry to jack the thread...

 

[snakeblitz33]

Hahaha, well,... When you haven't slept in two days, Sundial Snails look an aweful lot like Collonista Snails. What can I say... lol

 

[kiefers]

Quote:
Originally Posted by SnakeBlitz33 http:///t/387785/snail-invasion-plz-help#post_3414807
Hahaha, well,... When you haven't slept in two days, Sundial Snails look an aweful lot like Collonista Snails. What can I say... lol
hahaha hakuna mata my friend. slice.... it's all good!
Quote:
Originally Posted by Slice http:///t/387785/snail-invasion-plz-help#post_3414753
I was just yanking Snake's chain, sorry to jack the thread...