Tiny Snails All Over

[Palmer]

Originally Posted by Myka

It really doesn't happen very often. People usually mistake Collonistas for baby Turbos. Most snails go through a pelagic larval stage where it would be unlikely for any to survive long enough in a reef to actually turn into a small snail. Too many predators including filtration systems! Stomatella do reproduce in reefs though because their larval stage is very short before they go through metamorphosis which makes them more likely to survive.

My tank is filled with Collonistas and Stomatella. What really suprised me was when I started seeing little Cerith snails all over the tank.

[Myka]

Originally Posted by Palmer

My tank is filled with Collonistas and Stomatella. What really suprised me was when I started seeing little Cerith snails all over the tank.

The ones you see reproducing in your tanks will all (likely) have really short larval stage.

[MarkoD]

mine seem to disappear after the lights have been on for an hour

[Maverick00]

if anyone has a cpr overflow, watch these little buggers, i had one crawl over top of the siphon outlet nipple and the aqua lifter wasnt able to pull enough air out of the top of the overflow. I caught it before it started overflowing but it was close.

[Myka]

Originally Posted by MarkoD

mine seem to disappear after the lights have been on for an hour

Have you Googled Rissoid snails? That's what it sounds like to me from your limited description.

[MarkoD]

Originally Posted by Myka

Have you Googled Rissoid snails? That's what it sounds like to me from your limited description.

thats kinda what it looks like... but they're to small, i cant see the shell.


are those bad?

[Myka]

Originally Posted by MarkoD

thats kinda what it looks like... but they're to small, i cant see the shell.


are those bad?

No, they are just grazers. You can order jewelers' loupes off eBay for like $5. They come in handy for stuff like this.