What's on my snail

[paulcoates]

Any idea what this black object with a white dot on it is?

 

[beckzilla]

Bubble algae maybe. Closer pic would help ID.

 

[larrynews]

yep looks like bubble algee...

 

[bigarn]

Does it move on it's own?

 

[jdm_ae86]

might be a vermetid snail..whats the shape of it?

 

[paulcoates]

it is a Astrea Snail. I have 25 of them. I dont think the Algae moves on its own. I have only seen it on the one snail . It is basically black with a white bubble type tip...
Is it bad?

 

[paulcoates]

The black algae is sitting in a circular pattern on the snail's shell...
then the white spot is sitting dead center on top of the black algae..
I dont even know if it is algae?

 

[paulcoates]

A few more pics....

 

[paulcoates]

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[paulcoates]

Looks like it may be on another snail that I just noticed, however just the back stuff, no white dot on him?

 

[paulcoates]

Here is a pic of bubble algae (dont worry, this website isnt selling anything)
http://www.reefcorner.com/SpecimenSh...bble_algae.htm

 

[bigarn]

As stated by JDM, it could be a Vermitid snail.

 

[paulcoates]

I just did a little search on the web for the ol' Vermetid Snail
I didnt see any pics that reminded me of mine. I will have to monitor this.

 

[jdm_ae86]

i know its an astrea snail, but the thing ontop of it might be a vermetid snail.

 

[paulcoates]

oh, gotcha....would that be a bad thing?

 

[bigarn]

Originally posted by paulcoates
oh, gotcha....would that be a bad thing?
Well, now that we cleared that up.... no, they're not bad.