PDA

View Full Version : What the heck am I seeing?



JeremyGlen
Wed, 12th Apr 2006, 01:01 PM
OK, I went over to my friend's apartment and looked at his tank the other night(while I was a bit tipsy). He had told me he had some sort of "sea slug" in his tank and there were like 5 or 6 of them that had shown up. I got to looking and saw a couple on the glass and on the rocks. I am going to take a pic as soon as he gets home today and post it on this thread.

They look like snails without a shell. They have the eyes and mouth like a snail, but no curled body like they came out of thier shell. I guess it will be easier once I get a pic. When I saw them I was amazed and would like to figure out if they are good or bad. All they seem to do is eat algae, so they can't be that bad. He asked me if I wanted a couple, but I would like to find out what they are before I take a couple.

hobogato
Wed, 12th Apr 2006, 01:05 PM
they may be stomatella (sp?). they look like snails but are kinda flat with a small flat shell just on their back - almost looks like half of a small clam shell.

JeremyGlen
Wed, 12th Apr 2006, 04:08 PM
After looking on a few websites, I would have to agree that these things are stomatella snails. They look like they don't have a shell at all, but I guess they could be small shells. Thanks. I'm still going to post a pic just to show em off.

hobogato
Wed, 12th Apr 2006, 04:10 PM
some of them acually cover their shell with a covering - kindof like a cowry.