snails???

[nofishnplease]

i have about 6 or 7 snails that i describe the shells looking like a chinese wicker hat...does anybody know what im describing?
HERE IS A PIC

 

[sueandherzoo]

Looks like a limpet. Google that and see if it's what you're seeing. If so, they're good.
Sue

 

[bang guy]

It looks a lot like a Keyhole Limpet (not a true Limpet). If so they are omnivores, not herbivores.
Does it have a hole in the top like a volcano?

 

[sueandherzoo]

Wow, now I'm going to have to check all of mine with a magnifying glass..... I don't THINK they have openings in the top but would it be obvious/visible to the

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eye if they do?
Sue

 

[nofishnplease]

it looks like it's The Tortoise-shell Limpet from what came up on google search

 

[bang guy]

Originally Posted by nofishnplease
http:///forum/post/2851678
it looks like it's The Tortoise-shell Limpet from what came up on google search

I seem to recall that the Tortoise-shell Limpet is a cold water animal that wouldn't survive long in a tropical tank.
So, it has no hole in the top? If it has no hole then it's probably a true Limpet.

 

[nofishnplease]

i looked again...they DO have holes in top.

 

[bang guy]

Originally Posted by nofishnplease
http:///forum/post/2852440
i looked again...they DO have holes in top.
I knew they would

I recognized the shell.
They're not terrible. Actually they are one of the few animals that can scour Hair algae off a rock. I've seen them leave a trail of clean rock through a colony of hydroids. I don't know any other animal that can do that.
On the down side, I've seen them remove the skin off a Leather Coral.

 

[nofishnplease]

i only have a few chocolate mushrooms...so leave them in?

 

[bang guy]

I would keep them.