So, I found a little baby sundial snail crawling on the glass... Worry or No Worry?

[THEPHISHGUY]

I found this one little bugger. At first I thought it was a good thing. The I tried to id it and looked on Zoaid.com It was tiny, tiny, but definetly a sundial snail. It said there was nothing to do other then watch and manually remove. I have no adverse affect to my 20 colonies. Any preventative measures to take? TIA... THEPHISHGUY

 

[Reef Junkie]

Have you added any new zoanthid colonies lately?

 

[furforfour]

Check your colonies often, definately at night and dip anything you see a snail on.

 

[BigScott]

HEY FOR WHATS ITYS WORTH , I CAUGHT ONE OF THEM LIL BOOGERS CHOMPING MY ZOAS , HE CAUSED ALOT OF DAMAGE .
MY OPINION , GET RID OF HIM FAST...

BIG SCOTT

 

[smy168]

get rid of it, they reproduce quickly and damage zoos even faster. I had a breakout in my 120 3 years ago and almost half my colony got wiped out 2 months after seeing one. They generally come out at night and there isn't really any reef safe fish that can get rid of them.

 

[BigScott]

i dont know what kind of snails you have in your tank but thier are snails that eat moss an other snails.. hehehe even the bad ones..good luck

big scott

 

[Dubbin1]

Are you sure what you saw was not a Collonista snail? They are harmless and can be mistaken for a sundial snail.

 

[smy168]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=7135384#post7135384 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by Dubbin1
Are you sure what you saw was not a Collonista snail? They are harmless and can be mistaken for a sundial snail.

good call

 

[msman825]

post a picture of one please

 

[Dubbin1]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=7136355#post7136355 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by msman825
post a picture of one please

Taken from melevs site