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Oh god. Because of the trochu off spring I have to regularly clean my sump and all the equipment too. They get into the pumps and jam up the mag drives all the time.
The 2 only good things about these guys. One they keep the lunar wrasse occupied. Two if they survive and make it past 1 cm in size, they live in the rock work and come out at night and completely scrub the algae off of my rock work.
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Current System 75 Gal with 30 Gal Sump Reef Past Tanks 60 Gallon True Cube 30 Gallon Breeder 165 Eurobraced Starfire Custom 10 Gallon Softy Tank(My First Tank) |
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Ive lost count of how many snails of all types I’ve pulled not only out of the skimmer, but the skimmer pump and collection cup throughout the years. Last month I pulled 5 bumblebee snails out of the collection cup they were happily living in the green sludge
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I have not found any in the cup yet, they just seem to like the sludge growing on the tube and seem to thrive in the bubbles. I clean my tube and cup every day so not sure they wouldn't be in the cup if I left it for a few days.
I have had skimmers on my tank since the early 90's when I had my first Sanders limewood airstone skimmer but never experienced snails in the actual skimmer column. My strombus snails clog up my gyres and I have to put those plastic slide on filters over the turbines to keep the little buggers out. The strombus snails also clog up my overflow tube so I have to flush them out monthly by turning the valve wide open but they don't get past the filter socks. I have never found a trochus snail in my filter sock. |