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Creatures in the graval

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Question
I have a 90 Gallon tank with a few different kinds of fish. Ex: Bala sharks, Catfish, Black Knife Fish, A Loach, An Angelfish, Some Gourami's and 2 suckerfish. In the gravel of the tank, there are these little oval looking creatures that are blue in colour. They look like a snail shell but are not snails. Could you please tell me what they are and how I can get rid of them. Thank you for your time.

Answer
Hi Elysse
Well, that sounds strange!  I tried doing a search on some of my normal links, this is all I could find that comes close to what you're describing:

This photo is from the bottom of the critter:

http://www.gerrylemmo.com/gallery.asp?ID=254

This one, scroll down to the last group of photos, and the top right one shows a blue one:

http://www.applesnail.net/content/snails_various.php

Hope that helps, if not, sorry :)  

Christy