Bumble Bee Snails
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stricknine
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+1 on MJ's comment.
If my memory serves me right, they are agressive pests for sessile invertabrates, snails, and coral.
I stuck to cerith, nerite, and asteras. They do a good job.
If my memory serves me right, they are agressive pests for sessile invertabrates, snails, and coral.
I stuck to cerith, nerite, and asteras. They do a good job.
shuguley
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No problems with Bumblebee snails here. I've got 4 of them mixed in with my CUC, I've had them since I started my tank about 9 months ago. They tend to hang out together and mostly hide in rock caves. Mine live peacefully with turbos, astraeas, ceriths, nerites, nassarius, and several corals, I have NEVER seen one attack another snail, coral, or anything, when they come out of their cave they kinda just forage on the rock and sand, rarely going on the glass.
I honestly don't understand the bad wrap these guys get, I think it's one of those "he said, she said, they said" kinda things. I hear so much negativity about them, but I don't think I've ever read a first hand bad experience, just repitition of claims made by somebody that somebody knows. Personally, I think these guys are too slow to attack another living snail. People probably witnessed them eating something that was already dead and assigned the death blame to the bumblebbe. I think it's kinda like blaming a dead roadkill animal on the buzzard, just because the buzzard showed up to eat something already dead.
I honestly don't understand the bad wrap these guys get, I think it's one of those "he said, she said, they said" kinda things. I hear so much negativity about them, but I don't think I've ever read a first hand bad experience, just repitition of claims made by somebody that somebody knows. Personally, I think these guys are too slow to attack another living snail. People probably witnessed them eating something that was already dead and assigned the death blame to the bumblebbe. I think it's kinda like blaming a dead roadkill animal on the buzzard, just because the buzzard showed up to eat something already dead.
0b1
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After reading this I would guess you are fine unless your tank is super clean:
"Though peaceful, keep in mind that the Bumble Bee Snail is a carnivore. If there is insufficient food, the Bumble Bee Snail may feed on other snails in your aquarium..."
http://liveaquaria.com/product/prod_display.cfm?c=497+526+565&pcatid=565
"Though peaceful, keep in mind that the Bumble Bee Snail is a carnivore. If there is insufficient food, the Bumble Bee Snail may feed on other snails in your aquarium..."
http://liveaquaria.com/product/prod_display.cfm?c=497+526+565&pcatid=565
Toddrtrex
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I had one for about 5 years (( lost it when I was transferring tanks, didn't see it, in the old tank, it dried out )). Anyways, since I only had one I didn't notice it causing any damage. But, I really didn't see it doing any good either. If you are getting it for the looks, I wouldn't bother -- mine was covered in coralline.
I don't plan on getting a new one.
I don't plan on getting a new one.
greenbean36191
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They aren't part of the clean up crew. They are predatory whelks that feed on small worms. It's possible that they could go after small snails, but I don't know that it's ever been confirmed that they do.
In any event, they aren't likely to cause any noticeable problems but they aren't going to do anything beneficial either. I just recommend not getting them because IMO you rarely see them anyway.
In any event, they aren't likely to cause any noticeable problems but they aren't going to do anything beneficial either. I just recommend not getting them because IMO you rarely see them anyway.
Aquarist007
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Here is the link to another thread going on at the same time
http://reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&postid=14854054#post14854054
http://reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&postid=14854054#post14854054
