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What is this???

redfishbluefish

redfishbluefish

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I have an older tank…set up in 2008. Haven’t put anything in it for some time. Pulled this out of the filter sock today. What is it? It is about 3/8 of an inch long with 3 brownish rings separated by 2 whitish rings. It has a proboscis like projection on the front. I’ve looked in my hitchhiker links and can’t find this one. Anyone?

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And most important, is it reef safe?
 
Cdiggy

Cdiggy

Got me by the short hairs..... Never seen anything like it. Maybe you can describe it and get to name the damn thing!
 
redfishbluefish

redfishbluefish

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Sobo's Reef said:
My first guess would be a stom but I've never seen one with those markings so I'm not sure lol
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Couldn't be a stom, unless as a baby they start out with a shell that completely surrounds them....and I doubt it. Stomatella have a half-a$$ little piece of a shell on their backs. This little guy is "shelled" all the way around.
 
Sobo's Reef

Sobo's Reef

Yeah you're right. I retract my guess lol didn't realize the shell was completely surrounding it. Did you ever have any conches in the tank?
 
Sobo's Reef

Sobo's Reef

Hmm. I was gonna say baby conch but wouldn't make sense if there was a baby now. Unless u have one in there u don't know about lol
 
JRWOHLER

JRWOHLER

talk about discoveries...you have a tank for 5 years and you just find something...no wonder we are still finding species around the world like those sharks Dan posted.
 
Cdiggy

Cdiggy

JRWOHLER said:
talk about discoveries...you have a tank for 5 years and you just find something...no wonder we are still finding species around the world like those sharks Dan posted.
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+1 on that! This hobby really does not get old. There is always something interesting happening in our tanks :)
 
NikkiT

NikkiT

I found something similar a few months back, I thought mine was an olive snail. It liked to burrow in the sand bed and it was a carnivore. Mine was about 1/8" when I found it. It lives in the 12g and I see it maybe once every two months.
 
dnov99

dnov99

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I have them in my system. I always ID them as olive snails as Nicole said. They seem to be harmless algae eaters as far as I can tell...
 
JRWOHLER

JRWOHLER

They are definately not olive shells ... first they are more pointed and second while it is possible I have missed that color I have never seen them with those markings. I can bring you some olive shells if you like...long dead.
 
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