Ninjabeaver Posted August 10, 2015 Share Posted August 10, 2015 (edited) I have found at least three of these in my tank. Only at night can they be found. Someone on FB said narsarrious but the thing that makes me think welk is the bit of shell on the end of the foot that they use to seal up...I circled it on the photo. What do you guys think? Also the snout thing is spotted with black. Sent from my SAMSUNG-SM-G870A using Tapatalk Edited August 10, 2015 by Ninjabeaver Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gil&Fin Posted August 10, 2015 Share Posted August 10, 2015 I've done some research and I thought these images from a scientific article might be helpful in identification of these predatory creatures. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LadySaber Posted August 10, 2015 Share Posted August 10, 2015 oh thank you for the pictures now I will know when to start running Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
matty Posted August 10, 2015 Share Posted August 10, 2015 http://melevsreef.com/node/1716 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ninjabeaver Posted August 10, 2015 Author Share Posted August 10, 2015 http://melevsreef.com/node/1716Ya I was reading that one last night...I beleive I have some bad ones Sent from my SAMSUNG-SM-G870A using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
matty Posted August 10, 2015 Share Posted August 10, 2015 It looks like it to me the more I look. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fishboys Posted August 10, 2015 Share Posted August 10, 2015 Did you buy these? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ninjabeaver Posted August 10, 2015 Author Share Posted August 10, 2015 neg did not buy...i beleive a hitchhiker from peice of live rock a long time ago..now there are three that I have found...I will be trying to remove tonight Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flashy Fins Posted August 11, 2015 Share Posted August 11, 2015 Some of the good nassarius snails have a similar shell on the foot (if you look closely, you can see one here), but what you have are predatory whelks. The pattern on the snout is a giveaway. I had some similar bad guys once and was able to fish them all out just by grabbing them whenever I saw them. I pulled out 6 or 8 within a 2-week span and was done. Likely I had some eggs that hitchhiked in. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ninjabeaver Posted August 11, 2015 Author Share Posted August 11, 2015 I wonder if they had anything to do with my poor clam Sent from my SAMSUNG-SM-G870A using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flashy Fins Posted August 11, 2015 Share Posted August 11, 2015 Yikes. They definitely could damage a clam, so if you never had clam trouble before and noticed it going downhill around the same time as the whelks appeared, I would say it's likely. That sucks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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