Sundial Snail

[DVH]

This morning i turned the lights on in the tank, and smack dab in the middle of my largest zoa colony there was a sundial snail:grumble:. I know these are deadly to zoa's, but my question is i looked on all my other zoa's and found no trace of any other one's. it was about 3/8" in size which is pretty big, could i have just this one or should i expect more. All the zoa's are wide open and show no signs of attack. If any one has had experience with these please give some advice. Thanks in advance.

 

[Sir Alex]

I haven't heard of that kind of snail, but probably the best coarse of action is too remove it. And if you see more remove them.

 

[DVH]

It's been removed. They can wipe out a colony in days. Google them and look at pics and make sure you don't have any.

 

[little_fish]

I too would remove it. If you see more than you can remove by hand you can add a wrasse that will eat them. I cant remember the name off the top of my head, but i will look it up late when i return home.

 

[DVH]

Thanks little fish. Hey Alex, try these websites for hitchiker identification. lionfislair.com click on hitchiker guide and xtalreef.com. i'm assuming theres other sites out there, these are just the ones i came across.

 

[DVH]

Sorry lionfishlair.com

 

[little_fish]

Melanurus Wrasse, Hoeven's Wrasse - Halichoeres melanurus

 

[Smitty]

Good thing you've found it...I once had one and when I removed it, I never saw another one in my tank again. So it's pretty safe to assume you won't see another one.