snails

[Petercar (RIP Dec 2017)]

do snails only live off algae?      i have qiut a bit that are dead and the live ones are eating the insides of dead ones

 

[Petercar (RIP Dec 2017)]

  is that a snail shell in its mouth?    looks like it cant release it  ..thought this turbo was dead  ..then i picked it up and it opens its mouth  but i dunno if its stuck  it cant release it

EDIT: linked pic ~Torx

 

[Duke]

that is the snail itself. that is not a turbo its a nerite snail.

 

[Duke]

do snails only live off algae?      i have qiut a bit that are dead and the live ones are eating the insides of dead ones

depends on the snails, the nassarius snails will eat dead snails, left over food, waste. etc etc They are the ones that pop outta the sand when you feed your tank and have that single antenna thingy.

 

[Zakk]

sure looks like a mexican turbo snail to me.

 

[El concistador]

I think it's his protective shell, in which he can open and close at will to protect it's self from predator's.

he might be stuck between the glass and coral.

each snail has different taste for food, mexican's love algae and will die if you have too many mexican's and not enough algae

while cerith snails like slime algae, diatom's and detritus, sometimes rotting flesh. Nassarius like detritus and really love rotting flesh, not so much algae eater's.

 

[Duke]

sure looks like a mexican turbo snail to me.

your probably right, hard to tell from the picture, its def not a shell tho, its the snail itself.