QuoteReplyTopic: Killer Snail Posted: April 24 2007 at 3:25pm
I found a hitchhiker snail in my 55 gal tank a few months ago. We only saw it at night and it was huge, we couldn't believe it had been in our tank so long. I had not added anything but a small baseball size rock with a BTA attached for months. I'm not sure where it came from actually. Wish I had a picture. It has a smooth shell and is similar in shape to an Avocado pit except that it is elongated at both ends. As I looked around on the internet I think it must be some kind of cone snail but I am not sure. It has a purple body with white speckles. He lives in the sand and usually we only see his snout poking up. I have bristle worms in my tank and I assumed they were killing all my snails. I bought a trap and have been catching them for a week or so. Last night my son yelled at me that the big snail was out. Then he really yelled and said it just attacked one of our saddle back snails. I didn't believe him but came in with the flash light to see. The big snail was on it's side and I couldn't see his foot. I used my tongs and rolled him over and sure enough he was wrapped around a small snail with only a portion of it visible. I poked the big guy and he let it go. I used the tongs to pull him out and now have him in a bag here on my desk. What should I do with him? Any ideas? I don't dare put him back in my tank.
there is a snail in austraila that eats other snails and is the most poisonous mollosk in the world i cant remember the name tho might want to look into it
He is in a zip lock bag on my desk here at work. Not sure I can get a good picture in the bag with my phone but I'll try. If anyone wants him come and get him. He has been in the bag for 24 hours. He seems to be spitting some thing when he gets pissed.
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