Babylonia formosae in seahorse tank?

kizanne · 01/24/2018, 01:23 PM

These are a welk sometimes misnamed nassarius.

Reports are they eat left over and stir the sand. If starved eat other snails.

Anyone try them in a seahorse tank where there is always food laying around to clean up?

Do you think they would be a danger to the horses or a dragonface pipfish?

rayjay · 01/25/2018, 09:48 AM

Sorry I know nothing about them. However, I question the remark about "always food laying around to clean up".
IMO, for me, it is best to siphon out any remaining food/detritus each day as I broadcast feed. Many others choose to use a feeding dish but uneaten food in the dish should be removed before anything is added.

reeftanker3295 · 01/25/2018, 10:45 AM

Regular ol' nassarius snails work pretty well at getting uneaten food, mine used to come rushing out of the sand as soon as anything touched the water.

kizanne · 01/25/2018, 11:23 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by rayjay

Sorry I know nothing about them. However, I question the remark about "always food laying around to clean up".
IMO, for me, it is best to siphon out any remaining food/detritus each day as I broadcast feed. Many others choose to use a feeding dish but uneaten food in the dish should be removed before anything is added.

Yes I remove obvious uneaten food. I'm currently spot feeding as one of mine isn't trained to the feeder YET. They are new and I'm working on it. I meant the piece that floats away or the ting masticated pieces that come out of the horses.

rayjay · 01/26/2018, 09:00 AM

I've never used a cleanup crew in any of my tanks, reef or seahorse, for at least 24 yrs now. I much prefer to use fine mechanical filtration that I can clean out simply and frequently, coupled with water movement to keep the crap in suspension long enough to be trapped by the filters. Of course, an oversized protein skimmer can be invaluable in removing dissolved organics.
Unfortunately for my tanks, I can never get all of the seahorses to feed at a dish so I end up broadcast feeding anyway.

kizanne · 05/16/2018, 07:58 AM

Just a follow up. I've had the Babylonia formosae in my tank now for a month and it seems well behaved. It cleans up, it also stirs not just my sand but the area I have that is gravelly.

kizanne · 12/20/2018, 07:09 AM

follow up. Still well behaved. Part of the clean up crew.

01/24/2018, 01:23 PM	#1
kizanne Registered Member Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: North Florida Posts: 646	Babylonia formosae in seahorse tank? These are a welk sometimes misnamed nassarius. Reports are they eat left over and stir the sand. If starved eat other snails. Anyone try them in a seahorse tank where there is always food laying around to clean up? Do you think they would be a danger to the horses or a dragonface pipfish? __________________ Successfully bred: Banggai, Lined Seahorse, Saltwater Mollies, from egg dwarf cuttlefish, peppermint shrimp, Opae Shrimp. Saltbabies.com Algae Barn Discount Code: saltbabies15 Current Tank Info: 120 gallon seahorse/flame angel/sharknose/pipefish tank. 30 gallon grow out, misc. other tanks

01/25/2018, 09:48 AM	#2
rayjay Registered Member Join Date: Oct 1999 Location: London, Ontario, Canada Posts: 3,969	Sorry I know nothing about them. However, I question the remark about "always food laying around to clean up". IMO, for me, it is best to siphon out any remaining food/detritus each day as I broadcast feed. Many others choose to use a feeding dish but uneaten food in the dish should be removed before anything is added. __________________ Seahorses. Culture nanno, rotifers and brine shrimp. Current Tank Info: Seahorses

01/26/2018, 09:00 AM	#5
rayjay Registered Member Join Date: Oct 1999 Location: London, Ontario, Canada Posts: 3,969	I've never used a cleanup crew in any of my tanks, reef or seahorse, for at least 24 yrs now. I much prefer to use fine mechanical filtration that I can clean out simply and frequently, coupled with water movement to keep the crap in suspension long enough to be trapped by the filters. Of course, an oversized protein skimmer can be invaluable in removing dissolved organics. Unfortunately for my tanks, I can never get all of the seahorses to feed at a dish so I end up broadcast feeding anyway. __________________ Seahorses. Culture nanno, rotifers and brine shrimp. Current Tank Info: Seahorses

05/16/2018, 07:58 AM	#6
kizanne Registered Member Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: North Florida Posts: 646	Just a follow up. I've had the Babylonia formosae in my tank now for a month and it seems well behaved. It cleans up, it also stirs not just my sand but the area I have that is gravelly. __________________ Successfully bred: Banggai, Lined Seahorse, Saltwater Mollies, from egg dwarf cuttlefish, peppermint shrimp, Opae Shrimp. Saltbabies.com Algae Barn Discount Code: saltbabies15 Current Tank Info: 120 gallon seahorse/flame angel/sharknose/pipefish tank. 30 gallon grow out, misc. other tanks

12/20/2018, 07:09 AM	#7
kizanne Registered Member Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: North Florida Posts: 646	follow up. Still well behaved. Part of the clean up crew. __________________ Successfully bred: Banggai, Lined Seahorse, Saltwater Mollies, from egg dwarf cuttlefish, peppermint shrimp, Opae Shrimp. Saltbabies.com Algae Barn Discount Code: saltbabies15 Current Tank Info: 120 gallon seahorse/flame angel/sharknose/pipefish tank. 30 gallon grow out, misc. other tanks

01/25/2018, 10:45 AM	#3
reeftanker3295 Registered Member Join Date: Dec 2009 Posts: 192	Regular ol' nassarius snails work pretty well at getting uneaten food, mine used to come rushing out of the sand as soon as anything touched the water.