Blue Snow!

[RedEyeElf]

these very small snails are all around my reef, and they have little sacks of tiny blueish/green balls attached to them, that they are releasing at an alarming rate, does anyone know what these are? and should I be as worried as I am???

I believe the snails to be the baby nesarius's, as I have caught my large nessi's laying eggs dozens of times

 

[lpkirby]

got any pics, Nassarius snail are very difficult to breed in the tank.

 

[RedEyeElf]

kept trying to take pics
camera sucks up close

the babies don't look like nassarius's, my large nassarius are the snails that I see laying eggs

 

[jacksandgo]

I'm not sure about yours, but I'll relate my story. My Super Tongan Nassarius snails that I've had for about 5 months have been laying eggs regularly on the walls for the past three months. I only bought 5 of them, and they're all still alive and having fun. Here's a link to pics of them for sale:

http://www.liveaquaria.com/product/prod_Display.cfm?pCatId=1763

Last night I found some offspring...about 3 of them so far...and they are exact replicas of the adults, but only about 1/3 the size of a dime. They burrow in the sand and I've only seen them come out searching for food at night with a flashlight (yes, I do this, too!). They're in one of my 75 gallon reef tanks, and seem to be concentrated in one corner of the tank burrowed in the sand there.

I'll try to get some pics, but they are the same silver/bluish color as the adults, and really blend into the sandbed.

I shall call them Mini-Me Tongans!

I don't know how they survived from one of the hatches, but they obviously did. Surely there are others this has happened to?

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=9139903#post9139903 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by lpkirby
got any pics, Nassarius snail are very difficult to breed in the tank.

 

[danch]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=9263942#post9263942 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by jacksandgo
They burrow in the sand and I've only seen them come out searching for food at night with a flashlight

Err, where'd they get the flashlight?




Sorry, but I had to! Cool story.

 

[nam2212]

I have had 5 eventually turn into hundreds. They breed constantly.

 

[jacksandgo]

They use those little keychain size LED lights.

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=9266538#post9266538 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by danch
Err, where'd they get the flashlight?




Sorry, but I had to! Cool story.

 

[jacksandgo]

Ack! Well, I guess I could sell them if they multiply that much. One LFS pays wholesale prices in cash or store credit to customers for their trade ins.

Glad someone else has experienced this, and my tank isn't too freaky.

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=9266661#post9266661 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by nam2212
I have had 5 eventually turn into hundreds. They breed constantly.