What kind of snail is this? Good or Bad?

[Sahin]

OK, these snails are growing up rather quickly. In the two months that the tank was setup, they have doubled in size.
They must have came with the LR.

The biggest one is just larger than 1cm now. The WIERDEST thing about them is that I have seen them SPIN SPIDER WEBS (or snail webs? ) to sometimes come down from the powerheads, instead of snailing down like normal.

I have also seen a few baby ones as well just a few days ago.

I'd be grateful if anyone can ID them for me, I thought they look like baby conches or something like that.

 

[Len]

Definitely looks like a Strombus sp. conch to me. What species? Don't know.

 

[SPC]

Posted by Len:

Definitely looks like a Strombus sp. conch to me. What species? Don't know.

-I agree, they are good algae eaters.
Steve

 

[Anonymous]

There are no bad snails... just misunderstood snails.


Looks like a Strombus maculatus. A very good guy to have for diatom consumption.

 

[Chucker]

/me waves to Guy. Nice to see you over here again 8)

 

[Sahin]

Thanks people, I have searcged around the net and got good confirmation that these are the said type of snails. Thanks.

 

[Anonymous]

great pic BTW!

Guy Waves back at Chucker