Mexican Turbo Snails spitting?

[golgi aparatus]

One of my new mexican turbo snails is just sitting there kinda spitting out this creamy solution. It is kinda gross! Am I to be worried about this?
Does anyone know what may be going on here??

 

[reefkprz]

think reproduction......

 

[golgi aparatus]

That is the first thing that came to mind!!
I should not worry then , huh?

 

[reefkprz]

Only if you drink the water......

 

[royal gang]

LOL, i have 2, 1 was on the other, and one was spitting this "white, creamy" stuff as well lol

 

[golgi aparatus]

This is pretty freeking funny, however 2 of my snails are just sitting there spewing this stuff like crazy!! My entire tank is cloudy.....I'm kinda ashamed to be watching such a display

Seriously, how long does this go on?
Is there a test for high protein levels in the water???

I could'nt help myself

 

[royal gang]

Originally Posted by Golgi Aparatus
This is pretty freeking funny, however 2 of my snails are just sitting there spewing this stuff like crazy!! My entire tank is cloudy.....I'm kinda ashamed to be watching such a display

Seriously, how long does this go on?
Is there a test for high protein levels in the water???

I could'nt help myself
my snails did it for like half an hour...

 

[golgi aparatus]

I cannont believe how cloudy my water is now. It has NEVER been sooo cloudy.
Hopefully my Protein skimmer does its job....

 

[laxplaya]

wow... were did u get ur turbo snails?

 

[golgi aparatus]

I got them from my local LFS....should I be concerned?

 

[renogaw]

nah, any babies can either be eaten by everything in your tank or turned into your lfs when you have thousands

 

[autofreak44]

it was pretty funny, one of my snails was on my mag float and i started scrubbing and it did the same thing, it was spewing cloudy stuff out all over, and i was like "what the heck?!" and i kept moving it around and it kept comming out... it took me about 2 minutes before i figured out my snail was on the back

 

[golgi aparatus]

How long should it take for the water to clear back up? It has been cloudy for like 4 hours!!

 

[anmldr]

That is gross, sometimes I am glad that I am not a fish in a fish tank with snails spitting out white creamy stuff into my drinking water.

 

[royal gang]

Originally Posted by anmldr
That is gross, sometimes I am glad that I am not a fish in a fish tank with snails spitting out white creamy stuff into my drinking water.
LOL

 

[symon]

If you where a fish you would think , YEEEE HAAAA fresh food!

 

[anmldr]

Not quite.. Ewww. Would you seriously enjoy swimming around in a tank after some snail is doing that non stop for hours on end.

 

[farslayer]

Snail orgy. Maybe good for the fish, but much better for the snails.