Small things on turbo snail

Tethyis

Tethyis

Oceanid
Dec 5, 2006
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Alabama
I recently bought my first turbo snail. Well today I found it dead and after inspecting it I found that part of its shell looked out of place. I was actually able to flick these areas off to find that they were actually little shelled critters of some sort. I have no clue what these are any help here? Are they dangerous to my tank?

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You mean that white spiral thing on the bottom of the shell. Are you sure its not a Calcareous tubeworm? Calcareous tubeworms are harmless worm tube filter feeders.
Pic:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/jkirkhart35/439524310/

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These worms will attach to almost any hard surface. They will only attach to the outside and not in a harmful manner. A snail shell is a nice place to attach for them because they can filter feed through the water while the snail moves along.
 
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Nono the picture is of the thing i pulled off the turbo snail. The whole reddish thing is what I'm referring to I didnt take a pic of the dead turbo snail, just the thing i picked off of it.
 
Several of mine have those things too, I just assumed they were some kind of symbiotic crustacian. Never been able to remove any of them though.
 
Yup thats what they are! Limpets. Google popped up a picture just like these guys...who became fish food shortly after I made the pics earlier :(
 
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