warcow Posted May 27, 2004 Share Posted May 27, 2004 Sorry for the quality.. took it with my phone.. I took this photo while this strange snail was standing on is "back feet" blowing out what looked like small bubbles (guess it was sperm ??? ) It came with the rock. His shell seems a little too small for him.. Anyone knows? Thanks in advance! Regards, Stefan (Sweden) Link to comment
warcow Posted May 27, 2004 Author Share Posted May 27, 2004 Here is another pic of him! Link to comment
EtOH_is_good Posted May 28, 2004 Share Posted May 28, 2004 that is the strangest looking thing. no idea what it is. i thought snails only had one foot. 8) Link to comment
enrico Posted May 28, 2004 Share Posted May 28, 2004 Maybe Stomatella... A shot during normal behaviour can help... Link to comment
warcow Posted May 28, 2004 Author Share Posted May 28, 2004 Thanks Enrico! After searching for "stomatella" i found some pictures that looks just like it! Regards, Stefan Link to comment
TiGs Posted May 29, 2004 Share Posted May 29, 2004 It was releasing eggs into the water colum Link to comment
warcow Posted May 29, 2004 Author Share Posted May 29, 2004 I guess those eggs will be trashed by the pump? Or will I have 100 stomatellas soon? /Stefan Link to comment
TiGs Posted May 29, 2004 Share Posted May 29, 2004 usually i have noticed that the stormatellas will realese eggs, than the males will do the same stance and release the sperm into the water colume. Did you see any storm males do that? Link to comment
warcow Posted May 30, 2004 Author Share Posted May 30, 2004 I have only seen one... so I guess I don´t have do to any babysitting /Stefan Link to comment
MarLooney Posted June 2, 2004 Share Posted June 2, 2004 the male's cloud is much finer than the females. when one (male or female) releases others in the tank do the same thing. it's pretty cool when you see it. the most i've seen is 4 at a time in my prop tank. they're not snails BTW... they're related. anyway, they're pretty cool and good cleaners. hopefully you'll have more free janitors soon in your tank. Link to comment
justin699 Posted December 6, 2004 Share Posted December 6, 2004 more closely related to abalone actually Link to comment
reef hugger Posted December 9, 2004 Share Posted December 9, 2004 I thought abalones were snails too? They are related to abalones but, they are even more closely related to keyhole limpets and astrae snails than abalones. Here is the most common type of stomatella seen in reef tanks. http://www.gastropods.com/2/Shell_2422.html Link to comment
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