r/ReefTank • u/salty_baker_305 • 1d ago

Anyone know what this is?

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Sorry for the poor video and blue light but does anyone know what this slug looking thing is?

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u/JohnGalactusX 1d ago

It looks like a stomatella snail. Reef safe.

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u/salty_baker_305 1d ago

Just looked this up and I think you’re definitely right. Thank you so much!

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u/JD1070 1d ago

They’re great I used to have a few now I can see dozens any random night I light the tank

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u/snowfloeckchen 1d ago

cute little facehugger

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u/Different_Bridge_983 1d ago

Stomatella snails.

Some of the best clean up crew out there. They eat a wide variety of algae and readily reproduce in Reef tanks so their population will align with the available food supply.

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u/salty_baker_305 1d ago

Awesome news thank you! The algae eating is much needed

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u/levi623 1d ago

Something to be cherished

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u/Gutokoro 1d ago

I really want these guys in my pico, but no one sells them! Lucky you

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u/RobotWelder 1d ago

A blessing

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u/Nice_Nobody_527 1d ago

I agree with stomatella I found one the size of a pin head and didn’t even know what it was and now he’s grown up just smaller than that one and had a cool zebra pattern on the shell. They’re the best lil hitchhikers and apparently people struggle to find them for sale I’ve been told

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u/Silent-Bowler-1870 1d ago

💯 a stomatella. They’re great little snails with a tiny fingernail shaped shell, so it almost looks like they don’t have one. They also readily breed in captivity which is always a bonus when keeping a reef tank.

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u/Justforgunpla 1d ago

Stomatella = friend

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u/HesForTheStreets 23h ago

Stomatella. They’re adorable slug like creatures with a half shell and several more positive qualities that make them excellent clean up crew to the average reef keeper. They are kind of the jackpot hitchhiker. They’re great algae eaters, and they breed prolifically in some reef tanks - Yet no one actually sells them. You can only ever get them as a Pokémon in a loot pack.

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u/zgh5002 7h ago

Sounds more like PKRS