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Found this snail in my tank.

It has to be a hitch-hiker from corals put not tank recently. It is now about 5mm diameter, shell curved lie horn-snail and has checkered pattern. Quite nice looking actually.

Please help ID and if this snail is a pest or a gem (reef safe?).

Thank in advance.

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Looks like colonista. If so, reef safe.

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"Be formless... shapeless, like water. If you put water into a cup, it becomes the cup. You put water into a bottle; it becomes the bottle. You put it into a teapot; it becomes the teapot. Water can flow, or it can crash. Be water, my friend..." - Lei Siu Lung (Bruce Lee)

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Looks like colonista. If so, reef safe.

Thanks bro. It is Collonista snail. Found a pic (first pic in link) in below thread, thanks to your headsup.

http://media.photobucket.com/user/Madhat127/media/collonistasnails01.jpg.html?filters[term]=collonista%20snails&filters[primary]=images&filters[secondary]=videos&sort=1&o=0&_suid=1370530502337003769640019163489

Confirmed it is a great algae eater (beat all other cleaning crew hands down, according to some other forums feedbacks) and reef safe.

Phew!

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Beware to confirm its not the not-reef safe look alike - sundial snail.

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"Be formless... shapeless, like water. If you put water into a cup, it becomes the cup. You put water into a bottle; it becomes the bottle. You put it into a teapot; it becomes the teapot. Water can flow, or it can crash. Be water, my friend..." - Lei Siu Lung (Bruce Lee)

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