Snail control

[ryuneo]

Hi

I have Noticed over the past few weeks that there are more and more baby snails appearing in my tank, is there anyway to control these? Can I introduce a fish to eat them?

Thanks

 

[Sugar Magnolia]

Got a pic? Might be harmless collonista snails - good nocturnal grazers.

 

[ryuneo]

Hi, the dealer called them turbo snails, there are hundreds of them

 

[Craig Lambert]

I doubt very much that they are turbo snails. Turbos are very difficult to breed in captivity.

 

[Satori]

They are probably keyhole limpets. They are good, and the population will decline along with their food source. A picture would be good.

 

[GQ22]

they are hamrless, perhaps a yellow wrasse will eat them.

 

[dragonforce]

IMO, don't do anything as the population will balance out itself.

 

[catdoc]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=9264951#post9264951 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by Sugar Magnolia
Got a pic? Might be harmless collonista snails - good nocturnal grazers.

These guys look like teeny little turbos, I agree with Sugar Magnolia that these are good guys to have. I've got probably hundreds of them in my system with no problems from them. I tend to like most of my hitch-hikers, they add nice diversity.

 

[FishMachine]

i had these

 

[corals b 4 bills]

I have thousands of these snails (thank god) my 255 lbs. of rock have 1% algea growth on it, My rock is so clean it looks as if I wash them every day, these snails ah....ROCK.

 

[Frick-n-Frags]

I think collanistas probably resemble turbos the most too. strombus are more like cone-shell/conch shaped

I'm glad it isn't those darned pyramidellae white snails. Those suck and will attack your big snails and clams