Resolved snail id

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  1. m2434

    m2434 Giant Squid

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    Found this snail moving across my substrate. I didn't add him, but looks sort of like cowrie maybe? I'm never that great at ids so I thought I'd get a second opinion. I assume it's young as there dosn't appear to be any algae on its shell yet. Cool little guy anyway.

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  2. Corailline

    Corailline Super Moderator

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    It is a dry heat, yeah right !
    It is a Cowry, which one I do not know. I do know that some eat corals like gorgonians. Member pajojoe mostly likely knows, perhaps Sushigirl. Very cool hitch-hiker.


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  3. m2434

    m2434 Giant Squid

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    Thanks Cheryl. I know they can be iffy... I'll keep my fingers crossed. I think the good news is the predators have fairly specific diets. Mostly soft corals, which I have very few. Hopefully if it's a predator it will trim my zoas back a bit :lol:
     
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  4. pagojoe

    pagojoe Corkscrew Tentacle Anemone

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    Well, it's actually a marginellid, but they can look almost exactly like cowries. They can be predatory on other tiny animals in your tank, including snails, but they primarily scavenge. One of them won't be a problem, but a bunch of them might tend to degrade the variety and scope of your sand bed fauna.

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  5. fischkid2

    fischkid2 Dirty Filter Sock

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    He's cooly :p I have a few of those guys (intentional) and they sift the sand real nice IME.
     
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  6. m2434

    m2434 Giant Squid

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    Ah yes, so my corals will sleep better tonight, pods not so much LOL..

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  7. m2434

    m2434 Giant Squid

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    How do I change this to "resolved" BTW, can't seem to figure that out....
     
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  8. Clonefarmer

    Clonefarmer Millepora

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    Edit the first post. Than go advanced.
     
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  9. trapstar991

    trapstar991 Feather Duster

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    id say baby cowrie ive seen plenty of these for sale maybe its too young to id
     
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    Good thing Don showed up, I'd have had no idea LOL.
     
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