TONS of baby snails

[unionredskin22]

So the other night i was looking around my tank and literally every place i shone the flashlight there were at least 10 baby snails crawling on the rock,glass,etc. So there has to be hundreds of these guys in there. But during the day I hardly see any. Is this common?

 

[scapes]

congrats!! yes, most of my snails come out at night. i see them crawling over the glass at night and they seem to retreat during the day. however, i've never had a mass production of babies like you seem to have had. one word of caution though....i had a buddy who had a 1000g tank and his snails made tons of babies and they nearly crashed his tank. (they didn't have enough food i guess and there was a mass die off). so just be careful. but yes, snails at night are good!!

 

[Sk8r]

As long as they're a good type, even colonistas or dove snails, if you can nab batches of them that reach a decent size, you might make a deal with your lfs. Become a snail rancher!

 

[XrayGuy]

If they are the kind that look like they have kind of a flat shell that is kinda pretty looking, then they are stomatella snails and they just eat algae. I have had these reproducing like crazy in my tank and at night there are hundreds of them all over the glass.

 

[aleonn]

I love my stomatella snails, they seem to multiply and grow quite quickly. I also have baby Nerite or turbo snails too, they're so tiny!

 

[solitude127]

Be careful with the snails if you're using a cleaning magnet. One got caught in my magnet and I was cleaning my front pane, my heart just about dropped.