"strombus grazers"

[Snail Guy]

Just wanted to share a few close-up photos of a 'strombus grazer' depositing eggs. And then a closer view of egg cases that, after several days of development, contains larvae swimming about within, waiting to be released.

Thus far, I've had poor luck with babies surviving...I think it is merely a case of my damsels and/or coral banded shrimp munching on them. Ahh well.

The species is Pyrene turturina, which is fairly common here on Guam. Not sure which species IPSF sells, but if not the same, they are very closely related. Whatever you wish to call them, they are excellent grazers. Hope the images are of interest.

Cheers,
Bob

 

[Xmodius]

Nice pictures! I have had a few offspring survive to mature specimens (IPSF type). Now that my refugium is up and running I want to try to get more to reproduce there, away from all the predators in the main tank.

 

[Snail Guy]

Hi John, glad you found the pictures of interest. A refugium will be an ideal place for raising babies and I'm sure you'll have a bunch in no time...these guys breed like rabbits. Cheers, Bob

 

[Gary Majchrzak]

Thanks for sharing those pics, Snail Guy.
I've had knowledgable people ID my grazers as Strombus maculatus , but I see what appears to be a variety of types in my aquarium at night.

 

[OrionN]

My Strombus's eggs is similar looking but does not have near as many eggs in each. Only about 10 in each and they layer out on the bottom, instead of full of eggs like the pictures above.
Minh