is this too many snails [pic inside] and what kind?

betteroblivion · 07/03/2006, 06:47 PM

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What kind are they? I have never purchased any snails before. More and more keep in apparing. That is when I don't clean my glass for a WEEK! Every day a clean off at least 50

Aquaguru · 07/03/2006, 07:32 PM

No it looks like you have pleanty to me. More than likely your snails are reproducing and thats why you are seeing more and more.

kirstenk · 07/03/2006, 07:38 PM

I forget what they are called but they are great. Ya can't have too many. I would clean the glass and that way they will work on your rock where ya need 'em.

Sk8r · 07/03/2006, 08:25 PM

You certainly are in a position to start selling a few snail-packs. I believe those are strombus grazers, relative of the big strombi, the conchs. They reproduce in reefs quite happily and survive very well in harsh conditions. They also spin silk to lower themselves off rock.

07/03/2006, 06:47 PM	#1
betteroblivion Registered Member Join Date: Jul 2006 Posts: 44	is this too many snails [pic inside] and what kind? http://betteroblivion.com/gallery/di...album=10&pos=7 Click to make larger. What kind are they? I have never purchased any snails before. More and more keep in apparing. That is when I don't clean my glass for a WEEK! Every day a clean off at least 50

07/03/2006, 07:32 PM	#2
Aquaguru Registered Member Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Cincinnati,OH Posts: 628	No it looks like you have pleanty to me. More than likely your snails are reproducing and thats why you are seeing more and more. __________________ "You've got to be very careful if you don't know where you are going, because you might not get there." ---Yogi Berra Current Tank Info: 120 started Aug. 25, 2004

07/03/2006, 07:38 PM	#3
kirstenk 23.5 Degrees Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Scottsdale, AZ Posts: 5,531	I forget what they are called but they are great. Ya can't have too many. I would clean the glass and that way they will work on your rock where ya need 'em. __________________ KIRSTEN REDUCE, REUSE, RECYCLE Reefer stabs Reefer in back over quarrel. Current Tank Info: 150g, 58g

07/03/2006, 08:25 PM	#4
Sk8r RC Mod Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Spokane WA Posts: 34,628 Blog Entries: 55	You certainly are in a position to start selling a few snail-packs. I believe those are strombus grazers, relative of the big strombi, the conchs. They reproduce in reefs quite happily and survive very well in harsh conditions. They also spin silk to lower themselves off rock. __________________ Sk8r Salinity 1.024-6; alkalinity 8.3-9.3 on KH scale; calcium 420; magnesium 1300, temp 78-80, nitrate .2. Ammonia 0. No filters: lps tank. Alk and cal won't rise if mg is low. Current Tank Info: 105g AquaVim wedge, yellow tang, sailfin blenny,royal gramma, ocellaris clown pair, yellow watchman, 100 microceriths, 25 tiny hermits, a 4" conch, 1" nassarius, recovering from 2 year hiatus with daily water change of 10%.