Snail Babys..!

[woodwalker]

I found that my snails have multiplied. I just found maybe a dozen little baby's in addition to the 3 I already had. How many is too many for a 55gal?
Just don't want them to starve if that is possible..

 

[bang guy]

It depends on the snail. No more than one Strombus alatus but you could keep hundreds of Stomatella varians or thousands of Vermetus vermetid.

 

[joebob7]

what kind of snails are they?
because some will end up bigger than others
but i personally think that the more the better

 

[lsu]

They will keep themselves in check.

 

[jtt]

i wanna see pics of the baby snails!

 

[woodwalker]

Man they are small but I will try to get some pic's....It freaked me out seeing
them all over the place.

 

[bang guy]

What kind of snails do you have in your tank?

 

[woodwalker]

They are turbo snails.

 

[pastor b.]

Dear hobbyist,a little over a year ago, I purchased a piece of live rock, which had a Limpet snail on it that laid eggs. Those eggs developed into more limpet snails, which laid more eggs . Now I have plenty of baby limpets that keep my lr clean . I often find plenty of baby limpets inside of my wet/dry filter

. What's interesting to me is,you won't see them until the lights go out,that's when they emerge from the lr . Then the limpets retire back inside the lr as the daylight approaches

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[bang guy]

Originally Posted by woodwalker
http:///forum/post/2875365
They are turbo snails.
It would be unusual for Turbin Snails or Astrae Snails to reproduce in an aquarium. Not impossible, but unusual.
It's probably a hitchhiking snail that you may not even have known you had.