Green House

Seriously ... that looks awesome ... stop superglue-ing macros to the shell ... lol

awsome

What is that macro called? I want it.

Diane identified it as Acetabularia, "Mermaid's cup". It grows nowhere else in my tank other than on this one snails shell.

I had some Xenia on one of my shells, yours probably got pimped also..."Pimp My Shell"

Sweet, thanks. The search starts now!

What an awesome picture!

This photo reminds me of the circus people that spin plates on sticks. I honestly thought it was Photoshoped and you were trying to make your snail look like it was performing this circus act.

Great photo!

I have had people comment that it reminds them of something out of the Jetsons.

Hi stoney waters, Like what I said before, wait for my vote on this. Real cool pic!

There is quite a history behind acetabularia. I think that snail might be doing some research on where an organism keeps its genetic information.

Very cool!

i have some of this in my tank... very cool... at first on then two then a few more... this is the background on my blackberry now... great shot

Thanks to everyone who voted. I'm not quite sure if acetabularia even qualifies as a macro algae. After researching I found that the entire stem and cup consists of one giant single cell. Crazy!

Congrats stoney waters! I was right about it from the start! This pics rocks! And you deserve to win!

Nice pic! I never seen anything like it.

Thats is the coolest thing I have seen in this hobbie, I want one now.... lol

I wonder how hard it would be to get that stuff to grow on a snail shell on purpose

Definitely a cool macroalgae. The astreas get them this time of year. Mermaid's cup grows almost exclusively on shells, normally on oyster shells. At least that is where I see them most commonly when diving.

yaa someone needs to start a "pimp my shell" thread ahahaha

I have a snail like this as well, pretty damn cool if you ask me hopefully I can get it to grow in my fuge...