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Aaron6112

Hello everyone. I encountered a problem: a month ago, I bought a sarcophyton with a base, and as often happens, it took a long time to acclimate to the new water (molted) and felt unwell. Today, I decided to take it out and check what was wrong... when I turned it over, I discovered that there were two large (walnut-sized) and one small snail attached to its base. There was a large eaten-out indentation where they were sitting. When I tried to pry them off, I saw that they had long siphons, about 4-5 cm (like those of stomatopods), which had also burrowed into the sarcophyton's base. I treated the sarcophyton, but I put the snails in the aquarium for identification. I'm wondering what they were eating - the decaying base or healthy living tissue? The aquarium is 3 months old; could such snails have grown from the water? Thank you all.

Joshua9847

What I know is that I am not 100% sure, but it might be coral-loving snails, which translates to "lovers of corals." These snails live only on corals and nowhere else. These coral-loving snails have a long proboscis but no radula (like a drill or grater). They feed on the soft parts of coral polyps by sucking them out.

Laurie3842

Thank you. You are probably right. They couldn't have eaten the missing leg - the snout was too deep. You never know what you might find in your aquarium((( The main thing is that these are the last ones....