can you identify these slugs and snail? i sure cant!

[justin-branam]

saw these guys at 3 am and am not sure if i should remove them or not. length on all critters is about 1/2 - 3/4 inches long/wide.

pic 1 is of a snail i have seen many times on my zoos. it looks like it may be eating them? pic actually is of 2 snails (smaller one attatched to larger one)

http://www.justinunderwater.com/gallery/albums/myaquarium/snail.jpg

and these funky looking slug things.

http://www.justinunderwater.com/gallery/albums/myaquarium/slug1.jpg

underside shot

http://www.justinunderwater.com/gallery/albums/myaquarium/slug3.jpg

[akm]

The second one looks like a Stomatella snail.

[justin-branam]

was just told they are stomatella snails, and the other one on the zoos isa sundail snail. the sundial snail must go down the toilet since it is a zoo eating snail!

[brewercm]

Yeah, the sudial will stay inside the zoo rock and never leave it. I had one for a while that stayed on the colony and never left it until I picked it off.
You were correct also on the stomatella. You probably have hundreds of them or will soon since they multilply like crazy, they are very good to have.

[Thunderkat]

Very cool slug :)

That sundial looks like it has ich, maybe a freshwater dip in the toilet will clear it right up :lol

[ansonluna]

Thanks Justin-Branam 8) . I was doing some investigating at about 2am and found a Stomatella snail/slug and wondered what it was. I was planning on taking a pic and posting with questions.

[Thunderkat]

Oh wow! Those stomatella (http://www.reefcorner.com/SpecimenSheets/stomatella_varia.htm) look like they are a must for anybody that likes to keep corals. Looks like some periodic food for the corals ^_^

[schoeplein]

Ohh ohh, where can I pick some of these up?

[scuba_steveo]

I have a few thousand in my tank.

[CD]

"Breeding has been observed during the daytime with all individuals climbing up to high points on the live rock and simultaneously releasing their eggs and sperm into the water. "

I've seen them doing this in our tank...it's pretty trippy - they kind of raise the front portion of their body up (much like a horse rearing up on it's hind legs) and spew the eggs and sperm out into the water currents. It's actually quite a lot for such a small critter, and I'm sure the filter feeders get a good meal as a result. I like them because they are good cleaners, and stay relatively small (they don't knock frags over like some of our larger clean up critters).

W. :)