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    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.
    90g mixed reef, 12g nano, 3 dogs, 3 cats, 2 ferrets.
    Driving the wife crazy.......PRICELESS.

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    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.

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    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.
    Justin


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    Most of them,If not all, will not survive. and they will pose no significant impact on your tank
    My Reef is Alive and well Despite My repeated Daily attemps to kill it!!

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    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.
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    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.

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    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.

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    Mexican Cerith snails are really good at reproducing in my tanks. Free snails are good.

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    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
    90g mixed reef, 12g nano, 3 dogs, 3 cats, 2 ferrets.
    Driving the wife crazy.......PRICELESS.

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