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    Posted: September 12 2010 at 4:19pm
I have noticed in my tank at least three critters that look like slugs or snails without their shells.  I believe they came in on my LR.  They don't seem to be causing any harm.  Today I noticed two of them appear to stand up on end stretching themselves into the water and then it looked like they sneezed and small white bubbles came out into the water and disappeared with the current of the water.  They did this 3-4 times and then got back down on the rock and went about their business.   Any idea what these could be?  Am I going to have an influx of these things?  Do these cause problems?

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They are called Stomatilla snails, and are beneficial. When they stand up and "puff" into the water they are releasing sperm/egg packets into the water in an attempt to breed. They usually succeed and you'll wind up with plenty of free CUC
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I thought they might be attempting to reproduce but wanted to make sure it was ok for them to multiply in my tank.  Thanks Steve.
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Thumbs Up It's so cool to see this kind of thing happening. That kind of stuff is as interesting to me as watching the big fish.Smile
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