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atrocity
02-24-2005, 02:25 PM
The snail spends most of its time either out of the water at the top of the tank, or in a cluster of sand polyps at the bottom, which bothers me.

The second thing is a slug-like guy I noticed last night and had trouble getting good pictures for some reason...camera didnt seem to want to focus on it well.

Telco Guy
02-24-2005, 02:58 PM
The "slug" is most likely a stomatella varia (http://www.reefs.org/hhfaq/pages/picture_pages/faq_stomatella.html), a small reef-safe herbivore.

The second one looks like it might be a type of Nassarius Snail, but it's hard to tell from the picture. These are also reef tank safe.

Sugar Magnolia
02-24-2005, 04:23 PM
Agree with Nick - the first one is indeed a stomatella. Wonderful to have in the tank. Second does look like a nass snail, but it's hard to tell. Can you get us a shot from the top as well and a size comparison to show how big it is? TY!

atrocity
02-24-2005, 05:49 PM
Sure- Ill get a shot after work.