Snail question

[Alamo]

I have a hitchiker snail question.. i spoted him snuggled up in some large polyps in my reef tank... hes very intresting looking, his shell looks like a chess board, white and black blocks in an even pattern, and i think the snail is blue...., sorry no photo..
Is he a keeper, or should he go to snail heaven?

[Reef69]

i never keep any hitch hickers, odds are they are not reefsafe..lol..i just throw them in my sump..

[Louis]

You may have a predatory snail that feeds on zoanthids. More information can be found here: http://www.reefs.org/hhfaq/pages/main_pages/faq_rock2.htm

Pictures:
http://www.reefs.org/hhfaq/pages/picture_pages/faq_heliacus.html

[Alamo]

Yup hes a dead ringer for that 2nd phot.... heh "Dead" ringer... unless anyone wants a zooanthid munching snail?

[cpreefguy]

he shouldnt go to snail heaven!!!!
he should go to snail hell, pull him, he eats zoos

[Alamo]

Hes in the fuge jail at the moment, awaiting the verdict, swearing he will never ever eat another zoo :)

[jaded]

great info and very good link... thanks for this thread!!!

[mathias]

yea I had one of those my very fist colony of zoo's and I thought wow he is cool then 2 weeks later no zoo's... that bastid....

[Alamo]

well hes on the fuge prison diet of cheato, and saltwater, untill i work up the resolve to execute him :P

[MikeDeL]

give it to someone who has a fish that will eat it

[Alamo]

Anyone that wants him can have him.