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BlueKoran91
Sun, 29th Jun 2014, 03:01 PM
Went to the south jetty today and got some of these guys off the exposed rocks. Any ideas on what they are? I'll be using them for mantis food.....but if they are reef safe I'll throw some in there too. http://img.tapatalk.com/d/14/06/30/e5yqareb.jpghttp://img.tapatalk.com/d/14/06/30/tesuva5y.jpghttp://img.tapatalk.com/d/14/06/30/tevy3y3e.jpg


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Mike
Sun, 29th Jun 2014, 03:29 PM
Not reef safe. From what I understand can be cannibles too. I kept some in my sump, for the big horse conch to eat. (He lives in the fish only tank's sump. He ate all the ones I got last year during the annual Port A trip. If you end up with some you don't want, I would take them or if you want a cool big snail, you can have the horse conch.
BlueKoran91
Sun, 29th Jun 2014, 03:34 PM
Mike ima hang onto maybe 2-4 of them to see if my mantis will eat them. You can have the rest if you would like :)


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Dean
Sun, 29th Jun 2014, 05:09 PM
I tossed one if those in my tank last year and caught it eating one of my bumble bee snails. I would agree not reef safe.
BlueKoran91
Sun, 29th Jun 2014, 05:30 PM
Did they bury in the sand? I just dropped 2 into the mantis tank and they're burying themselves lol


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Joe31
Sun, 29th Jun 2014, 10:13 PM
I put them in my fowlr tank and my wrasse has a field day with them.
BlueKoran91
Sun, 29th Jun 2014, 10:13 PM
My mantis' tore them up!


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Joe31
Sun, 29th Jun 2014, 10:21 PM
sweet...free food
BlueKoran91
Sun, 29th Jun 2014, 10:22 PM
sweet...free food

Haha yep. Works for me


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mtfish
Wed, 2nd Jul 2014, 03:22 PM
Gulf periwinkle Littorina irrorata.
Dean
Wed, 2nd Jul 2014, 03:31 PM
Gulf periwinkle Littorina irrorata.
Awesome ID :) After I read your post I looked it up and found this...

"Littoraria irrorata feeds on fungi that it encourages to grow. It creates and maintains wounds on the grass, Spartina alterniflora, which are then infected by fungi, probably of the Phaeosphaeria and Mycosphaerella genera. Such fungi are the preferred diet of the snail. L. irrorata also deposits faeces on the wounds that they create, which encourage the growth of the fungi because they are rich in nitrogen and fungal hyphae. Juvenile snails raised on uninfected leaves do not grow and are more likely to die, indicating the importance of the fungi in the diet of L. irrorata."

That's just plain disgusting! LOL