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Peter's Pizza
Fri, 9th Apr 2010, 10:32 PM
I Have about 20 little half calms that look like baby abalones. I think it came out of some chaeto I put in my tank. Dose anyone know what these are. There sort of cute. I keep cleaning around them. I'm afraid I'll forget and knock them off.
BIGBIRD123
Fri, 9th Apr 2010, 10:41 PM
On the gla$$? Look like some sort of flatworm to me...
Europhyllia
Fri, 9th Apr 2010, 11:04 PM
do they have little shells? then they could be colonista snails.
justahobby
Fri, 9th Apr 2010, 11:07 PM
^ agreed, they look calcareous. Maybe a chiton... I'm fishing here.
BIGBIRD123
Fri, 9th Apr 2010, 11:39 PM
could be a chiton, if only we could see the backside
StevenSeas
Fri, 9th Apr 2010, 11:43 PM
imo they dont have the body shape of a flatworm so i am leaning towards some sort of snail...
SaltyJim
Sat, 10th Apr 2010, 12:16 AM
How big are they? Out in the day or night, or both? Do they move?

They kind of look like nerite snail eggs...have any of those snails?
Peter's Pizza
Sat, 10th Apr 2010, 12:18 AM
do they have little shells? then they could be colonista snails.

Yes they do have shells on the other side. Is this how colonista snails start off? I'll try to give you a better picture.
hobogato
Sat, 10th Apr 2010, 07:30 AM
Stomatella sp.?

google images (link)
(http://images.google.com/images?q=stomatella&oe=utf-8&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&client=firefox-a&um=1&ie=UTF-8&sa=N&hl=en&tab=wi)
Europhyllia
Sat, 10th Apr 2010, 08:31 AM
collonistas look like tiny turbo snails (roundish shell)
I have a blog post about them including a pic of one of my adults:
http://maast.org/forums/blog.php?b=35
At night my rocks and glass are covered with thousands of the babies. About the same size and color as what your picture shows but little round shells (like the adults) so shell shape will be crucial in ID-ing.
Peter's Pizza
Sat, 10th Apr 2010, 10:19 AM
They look more like the Stomatella, but I noticed they don't move. The little buggers just grow in place. Maybe there just lazy.
hobogato
Sat, 10th Apr 2010, 10:25 AM
if they dont move, they are likely vermetid snails. these will grow on the rock or on the glass.
justahobby
Mon, 12th Apr 2010, 09:59 AM
I just saw these in person yesterday. They are snails eggs.

http://masudameadows.com/fish/id_eggs/smeggs.jpg
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