New Guy's got another Q

[Johnny Spesis]

It seems I shouldn't look at night, but I did, and found another new critter. Caught this one, it's on bottom of glass. Very white with long antennas, fast mover, Nudibranch?

 

[noelskii]

Try this: http://www.melevsreef.com/node/141

 

[Johnny Spesis]

Thanks noelskii, it looks like a Nassarius snail, or nudi. I recently rearranged my rock, and within a day or so, I had these white plowed areas. I collected this critter making these white areas.
Thanks again for that thread!
I wish I found this site before I got my tank, MR

 

[Johnny Spesis]

Reply: possible Nudi

Thanks noelskii, it looks like a Nassarius snail, or nudi. I recently rearranged my rock, and within a day or so, I had these white plowed areas. I collected this critter making these white areas.
Thanks again for that thread!
I wish I found this site before I got my tank, MR

 

[cmantis]

Its a stomatella.

 

[watevadog5]

+1 cmantis... Put him back in

 

[Johnny Spesis]

Sorry guys, but this critter has no shell.
It left behind a white waste or seems it ate right down to the bear rock. Whatever was growing on the rock, coraline algae, gone! Leaving a chalk white deposit in its wake. I tried to brush off this white stuff off the rock, but nothing comes off.

 

[BioMan]

Sorry guys, but this critter has no shell.
It left behind a white waste or seems it ate right down to the bear rock. Whatever was growing on the rock, coraline algae, gone! Leaving a chalk white deposit in its wake. I tried to brush off this white stuff off the rock, but nothing comes off.

can we see a pic of this? I have snails that don't have a "real" shell also and they're great to have in the tank.

 

[joe.friedrich]

Stomatella deff.

 

[Spracklcat]

Definitely stomatella. These are good guys--help clean up detritus, keep things clean. They can sometimes get a little out of control numbers-wise, but I've never seen them reach pest proportions. They are desirables.

 

[Johnny Spesis]

Here's the damage, I caught this snail doing, taking off the paint

 

[Johnny Spesis]

Thanks everyone for your help