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ballardjr2000
Mon, 6th Jul 2009, 08:05 AM
Ok i did my research on snail eggs. which is what i thought i had on my tank wall and was correct in that. also i read they don't surive to well. anymore info on that read it on 3reef. anyhow should i just scrape them and let the fish have em. or see what happens? i guess i am worried that if they die that it will throw my paremeters outta wack.
justahobby
Mon, 6th Jul 2009, 01:17 PM
I get a new batch of eggs once a week and haven't seen an explosion in snails. I've not monitored them very closely. It seems that after a couple days the sticky adhesive wears off and they free float through the aquarium system. When I get some free time I'm going to transplant a batch into the refugium for a chance at survival.


Ok i did my research on snail eggs. which is what i thought i had on my tank wall and was correct in that. also i read they don't surive to well. anymore info on that read it on 3reef. anyhow should i just scrape them and let the fish have em. or see what happens? i guess i am worried that if they die that it will throw my paremeters outta wack.
Texreefer
Mon, 6th Jul 2009, 01:21 PM
Most of them,If not all, will not survive. and they will pose no significant impact on your tank
Big_Pun
Mon, 6th Jul 2009, 01:42 PM
sometimes you get lucky i have about 50 or more baby turbos in my 14g i think its because i stopped skimming and have been doing water changes every week, im off all summer so ive been able to take better care of my tanks.
reddrum
Mon, 6th Jul 2009, 03:16 PM
I am working on spaying and neutering all of my snails! They pump out a ridiculous amount of eggs but they are no harm to the tank besides a lot of glass scraping on my part.
nick021892
Mon, 6th Jul 2009, 04:03 PM
The small "baby turbos" that most of you have been talking about may be Collonistas. I have about a hundred in my BC8, but they seem to hide in the day. They are a nice free addition to my clean-up crew thats for sure.
firecoral3msd
Tue, 7th Jul 2009, 08:05 AM
Mexican Cerith snails are really good at reproducing in my tanks. Free snails are good.
ballardjr2000
Tue, 7th Jul 2009, 06:10 PM
thanks everybody i scraped the first set but guess what more eggs i swear if i can fix these snails i will lol....but again thanks for all the info i will leave these and see what they do