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Aries

"Umm...., what is that!!??"
Jan 19, 2003
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I am asking again...what is this. These are as good of pics as I can get. It is clear, with a dome top (as in second pic). It moves around like it is cleaning the glass. Any ideas. It is like a snail without a shell, but none of my snails are that small.





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Aries
 
I had one of those things in my refugium, only larger, and after looking around I came to the conclusion that it was a stomatellid snail. There didn't appear to be a shell on mine either. If that's what yours is then it's beneficial and there's nothing to worry about. It's usually a hitchhiker on live rock.
 
it could be, bbut i would guess by the picture it is a white flat worm. does it have a forked tail? and does it wave, almost fan it in the current?
they are harmless feeders but can EASILY move to plage proportions. They dont really do any good either so removing it wont hurt anything. they are mainly just an eyesore.
 
It does have a forked tail, but really does not wave in the current, and in the pic there is lots of current.

It does not crawl around like a snail - at least the ones I have seen. It lifts its whole front half up, stretches out, and contracts again. The Front half seems to fold too.

Aries
 
sounds like some type of slug
 
I just noticed one of these in my tank too... moves quick for it's size. My first thought was a stomatellid snail as 5xevy said. It is very hard to see, but there does seem to be a slight bump on it's back like my brown stomatellid has.
 
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