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Now THAT's a snail.
A few of you saw this monster while you were at our house a couple of weeks ago. Here's a picture of the bottom of this giant snail. This thing is a bulldozer but man, can it eat algae.

Anyone know what it is?
Hank.
220G mixed reef main, 30 G (3 x 10) brood/grow-out, 25 G secondary, 6 G frag with shared sump
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Skimmer: Precision Marine Bullet-2 with Iwaki MD55RLT, WC610 waste collector, and gate valve
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That's huge. I use to have a snail that big before and it was a trocchus. Does the shell look like one of them?
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It's not a trochus. You'd be able to see the black tissue on the margins. And they have striations on their foot.
Pretty big though.
Jason
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I would have to say it looks like your hand. :b13:
Regards,
Patrick.
Ottawa (Orleans), Ontario
Yahoo IM: pwallnfld
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 Originally Posted by pwall
I would have to say it looks like your hand. :b13:
Scroll right.
Hank.
220G mixed reef main, 30 G (3 x 10) brood/grow-out, 25 G secondary, 6 G frag with shared sump
Return Pump: Iwaki MD55RLT
Water Movement: Tunze Turbelle Stream 6060, 4 x MaxiJet 1200
Lighting: 60" Outer Orbit dual 250 W 10k HQI and quad 48" T5HO Actinic
Skimmer: Precision Marine Bullet-2 with Iwaki MD55RLT, WC610 waste collector, and gate valve
Experience: Fresh since 1976 - Marine since 1987
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/hank.carr
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Possibly a mexican turbo snail,they grow quite lg and can consume a lot of algae.
Ray
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I looks like a Cowrie snail?
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 Originally Posted by Alex260g
I looks like a Cowrie snail?
It's a snail with a conical shell. The shell is smooth and striped.

The small shells you see in the picture and the normal sized snails you get from the LFS (or in my case Patrick.) Aren't they cute?
This guy is a real monster.
Hank.
220G mixed reef main, 30 G (3 x 10) brood/grow-out, 25 G secondary, 6 G frag with shared sump
Return Pump: Iwaki MD55RLT
Water Movement: Tunze Turbelle Stream 6060, 4 x MaxiJet 1200
Lighting: 60" Outer Orbit dual 250 W 10k HQI and quad 48" T5HO Actinic
Skimmer: Precision Marine Bullet-2 with Iwaki MD55RLT, WC610 waste collector, and gate valve
Experience: Fresh since 1976 - Marine since 1987
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/hank.carr
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 Originally Posted by frederick
That's huge. I use to have a snail that big before and it was a trocchus. Does the shell look like one of them?
i think you're right, to be more specific it looks to be a zebra strip turbo ( Trochus sp. ) from belize and if i remeber correctly they can reach up to 6" in diameter :b13:
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 Originally Posted by a4twenty
i think you're right, to be more specific it looks to be a zebra strip turbo ( Trochus sp. ) from belize and if i remeber correctly they can reach up to 6" in diameter :b13:
I would guess that this one is 2 1/2" at its widest. This thing can plow through algae like you wouldn't believe. The path it clears on the glass is easily 2" across.
Hank.
220G mixed reef main, 30 G (3 x 10) brood/grow-out, 25 G secondary, 6 G frag with shared sump
Return Pump: Iwaki MD55RLT
Water Movement: Tunze Turbelle Stream 6060, 4 x MaxiJet 1200
Lighting: 60" Outer Orbit dual 250 W 10k HQI and quad 48" T5HO Actinic
Skimmer: Precision Marine Bullet-2 with Iwaki MD55RLT, WC610 waste collector, and gate valve
Experience: Fresh since 1976 - Marine since 1987
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