Just a different color variant then? Maybe OP should see if they can right themselves lol. I'd be interested to know!
Are these trochus snails?
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So basically, turban snails.google tectus...
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Just did. Looks very very similar. Especially the white body and green patterning....google tectus...
Well now yall are making me question whether I've been made a fool lol...
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Again, turbans are very closely related to trochus.
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So digging just a bit more I end up on Live Aquaria that says that turban tectus snails are commonly known as false trochus snails... lolll
Interesting. I only order trochus from Reef Cleaners now because I don't like to buy my wrasse expensive snacks that are supposed to be part of my CUC, lol. If they can't right themselves, they get eaten. Darn wrasse has killed 4 huge turbos even! He's lucky he's one of my favorite fish lol.
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Sure, I'm not knowledgeable enough to confirm nor deny this. Just feeling a bit weird paying for 1 thing and getting something a bit different. Maybe like paying for a yellow belly regal angel but getting a Grey belly angel... same is thing different part of the world, looks different...
Well now that I've Googled tectus snails, I want some of those!
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Could be this which is still a trochus snail, just not the one you were expecting.
They are highly variable so don’t get hooked up on the color of the shell.
Red Sea Trochus*
Resides : Rocks and glass Consumes : Film Algae, Diatoms, Hair Algae, and some species of Cyanobacteria Max Size : 2.5 or 65mm Origin : Red Sea, East Africa Availability:...
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I experimented by leaving 1 flipped over and it did flip itself over ( didn't witness it) but the snail is now right side up...
The more you knowwwww!!!!
The more you knowwwww!!!!
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Hard to say without seeing the body or trap door. One thing is certain, these snails don't have the hard white trap door that my other astreas have.Could be this which is still a trochus snail, just not the one you were expecting.
They are highly variable so don’t get hooked up on the color of the shell.
Red Sea Trochus*
Resides : Rocks and glass Consumes : Film Algae, Diatoms, Hair Algae, and some species of Cyanobacteria Max Size : 2.5 or 65mm Origin : Red Sea, East Africa Availability:...www.reefcleaners.org
Right?! I love wrasses so I've resigned myself to the fact that snails are on the menu and I'll have to replenish them regularly. It's funny that he unalived the big turbo snails, but hasn't touched the tiny baby nassarius I have... probably because they mostly come out after dark when the wrasse is asleep in the sand, lol.
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