Mass amount of snails

[tom g]

Hello there fellow reefers not sure this is a huge concern last few months I have noticed every am hundreds of trochus snails on my glass .should I be concerned or just happy I have that many.they are all babies maybe the size of a pencil tip.I have a 100 gallon mixed reef tank...
Thanks
Tom

 

[Dogshowgrl]

Only issue I see, COULD be lack of food causing die off causing some degree of ammonia spike. Most LFS will buy or take them, or you can give them to local reefers, but no rush in that size tank it will take a bit. I think it's awesome!!! Mine lay tons of eggs but someone always comes behind and eats them.

 

[tom g]

Snails

Snails

I have sold them before on a previous tank .this tank seems to be happy so I'll wait for them to get a bit bigger
And start giving some away or selling them.these babies only are visible first thing in am before lights on
Don't really see them during lighting period.
Thanks for the speedy response.
Cheers
Tom

 

[Chad Vossen]

Local guy with a 500 gallon just made several hundred dollars selling baby trochus out of his tank. Sell them $2 ea in your club, or see if your local fish stores are willing to buy 100 for $80 cash.