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    Posted: April 02 2009 at 11:59pm
I found this little guy crawling up my glass, never seen this snail before and it is tiny, is this a good or bad snail? any clue as to what kind it is? (i think it is a pyram snail, but i don't have a clam and supposedly they are nocturnal as well)


this has been growing for a while on an old coral skeleton, i am curious if it is a baby lobo, but i am not sure as it may be a majano (because i heard they come in crazy cool looking colors) I am just curious if anyone knows what kind of coral it is? (kinda hard to see, but it is in the middle to the left of the duster)




thanks for the help.

Edited by Goonter - April 03 2009 at 12:00am
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Could be a Pyramid, but could also be a baby Cerith. Have you added any Cerith snails, how long ago, and how long has the tank been set up?
The polyp is indeed hard to see. I cannot say. Another pic may help.
But one thing seen in that pic is alarming. The hair algae. If steps are not taken quickly it will be completely out of control.
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i have like 2 cerith snails somewhere in the tank, and it had to have been like 6 months ago that i added them, the tank has been set up for about 11 months now.
 
on the hair algae, i have been pulling it like crazy from the tank by hand, but i am uncertain of a good place to buy more snails.....the LFS always have outrageous prices per snails like $2/astrea so i need to find an online retailer and buy a big order i suppose.
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Pyramid snails under an astrea snail.
 
 
 
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