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Coralliophila Snails

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Here is the link: Subject: Coralliophila Snails
These little guys are bad news.

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Updated 08-18-2010 at 06:41 PM by melev

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  1. melev's Avatar
    Those darn whelks are worthless. I put a few in my quarantine tank to keep it clean of algae between new arrivals, but in the end I didn't trust them with my livestock. Now I just look for them and remove them entirely.
  2. sedor's Avatar
    Why are they such bad news? Out of curiosity.
  3. melev's Avatar
    Did you click the link? This particular one eats SPS.
  4. camclee's Avatar
    When I was watching this snail on what was left of my sps frag, I could see it sucking out the inside. It almost looked like it was drinking out of a straw. I never actually saw a straw, but thats what it looked like. Kind of like a Vampire.
  5. chappy's Avatar
    great write up
  6. slickrick18766's Avatar
    wow just recently got one from a lfs and the owner said they where awesome just to make sure i got one of the ones pictured mine buried itself in the sand as soon as i put it in the tank and i usually just see it at night so mark do you think i should get rid of it and why luckily i have only one
  7. slickrick18766's Avatar
    also the day i got it i looked at it as soon as i put it in my tank and wondered what the heck the straw looking thing was used for now i see prob for eating sps haha damm snail