How easy is it for snails to reproduce in the tank????

steri · 07/23/2007, 09:04 AM

I didn't think it was that easy, but I'm starting to see tiny tiny snails all over my LR and in my Magnum 350. The Magnum I use is full of LR and is already home to 100's of amphipods, but this weekend I saw at least 20 small snails in there as well.

In the tank I only see the small snails at night, but they'll be all over my LR and on my glass. They look like little Cerith snails, but I haven't bought any Ceriths for my tank.

Where are all these snails coming from? They seem to be coming out of no where

Also do you know what kind of snail they could be? I'd take a pic, but they are too small for a pick. I have pink turbos in my tank, with 2 fighting conchs and 3 small queen conchs that I got for free after they were spreading in someone's tank (so could all these be queen conchs even though the 3 I have are tiny??). I also have three Nassuris (sp?) snails. Like I said, they all look like tiny ceriths, but I've never bought them before. All the snails are all basically white, and their shell is long (proportionally speaking) and comes to a point. I've checked Melev's, and the only thing that looks close to what I have is Cerith snails.

Hmmmmmmmm

Thanks!

rhino509 · 07/23/2007, 09:14 AM

i wouldnt know the type of snails.but i would say yes,snails reproduce at a fairly high rate.(this is just from what ive observed in my own tank.) although i dont think that every snail you see will actually live to gro to an adult.i could be wrong,just seems like my tank would be plagued by now.just my obsevation.

greenbean36191 · 07/23/2007, 12:24 PM

You're probably seeing adult rissoids. They're extremely common and stay very small. I'm also pretty skeptical that your queen conchs are really queen conchs. I really doubt anyone has a tank big enough to keep two adults and even then the larvae aren't easy to raise to juveniles.

turnburn · 07/23/2007, 03:48 PM

My Nassarius Snails lay eggs regularly and I do notice the occasional new snails crawling about.

07/23/2007, 09:04 AM	#1
steri Registered Member Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Aurora, IL. Posts: 2,361	How easy is it for snails to reproduce in the tank???? I didn't think it was that easy, but I'm starting to see tiny tiny snails all over my LR and in my Magnum 350. The Magnum I use is full of LR and is already home to 100's of amphipods, but this weekend I saw at least 20 small snails in there as well. In the tank I only see the small snails at night, but they'll be all over my LR and on my glass. They look like little Cerith snails, but I haven't bought any Ceriths for my tank. Where are all these snails coming from? They seem to be coming out of no where Also do you know what kind of snail they could be? I'd take a pic, but they are too small for a pick. I have pink turbos in my tank, with 2 fighting conchs and 3 small queen conchs that I got for free after they were spreading in someone's tank (so could all these be queen conchs even though the 3 I have are tiny??). I also have three Nassuris (sp?) snails. Like I said, they all look like tiny ceriths, but I've never bought them before. All the snails are all basically white, and their shell is long (proportionally speaking) and comes to a point. I've checked Melev's, and the only thing that looks close to what I have is Cerith snails. Hmmmmmmmm Thanks! __________________ 220g: French Angel, Emperor Angel, Passer Anger, Blue Tang, Yellow Tang, Snowflake Moray Eel, Lunar Wrasse Current Tank Info: 220 with T5HO lighting. ETSS skimmer.

07/23/2007, 12:24 PM	#3
greenbean36191 Premium Member Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Ft. Lauderdale Posts: 10,598	You're probably seeing adult rissoids. They're extremely common and stay very small. I'm also pretty skeptical that your queen conchs are really queen conchs. I really doubt anyone has a tank big enough to keep two adults and even then the larvae aren't easy to raise to juveniles. __________________ Some say the sun rises in the East. Some say it rises in the West. The truth must be somewhere in the middle. Current Tank Info: tore them down to move and haven't had the time or money to set them back up

07/23/2007, 03:48 PM	#4
turnburn Registered Member Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Newberg, Oregon, USA Posts: 75	My Nassarius Snails lay eggs regularly and I do notice the occasional new snails crawling about. __________________ When once you have tasted flight, you will forever walk the earth with your eyes turned skyward, for there you have been, and there you will always long to return. - Leonardo da Vinci Current Tank Info: 55G FOWLR: 40G Sump, CPR Hang On Back Refugium, Maroon Clown, BTA, Yellow Tang, Bi-Color Blennie, Royal Gramma, YW Gobie, Pistol Shrimp, Cleaner Shrimp, Brittle Star, Button & Star Polyps, Xenia. Snails & Hermits. 165G tank in beggining stage

07/23/2007, 09:14 AM	#2
rhino509 Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: spokane,wa Posts: 552	i wouldnt know the type of snails.but i would say yes,snails reproduce at a fairly high rate.(this is just from what ive observed in my own tank.) although i dont think that every snail you see will actually live to gro to an adult.i could be wrong,just seems like my tank would be plagued by now.just my obsevation.