snail question

manners

manners

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i have a 46g reef and at have probibly put 30 snails and 2 turbos in (about a year ago) and now i notice that there is hundreds of little snails ( it think they are snails) the size of half a pea or smaller. the mostly come out at night but but you can see some during the daylights.
is this going to be a problem when they get bigger?
how fast do snails reproduce?
 
hunt

hunt

Active Member
they probably wont get bigger. Ive had these in my tank basically since ive started the tank.
 
nycbob

nycbob

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certain snails can reproduce fast. the snail population is controlled by food source in ur tank. once it reaches a saturation point, some will die off naturally.
 
fishlawyer

fishlawyer

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Had a similar issue last fall. I just reduced the feedings by about 25% and it has since pretty much gone away. Although I do get a few babies every now and then...
 
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abeandlulu

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Do you have any pics? What do they look like? Are they white with a cone like shell? If they are sounds like pyramid snails to me. You would want to get rid of them if they are, especially if you have clams they like to eat clams.
 
cranberry

cranberry

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Pyramid snails are not typically found throughout a tank but more often clumped on their food source. The OP isn't describing pyramid behavior.
 
manners

manners

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the snils look like these ones but there shells are white
my camera isn good enough to take a pic of something so small
 
cranberry

cranberry

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They can be different colours as well and when they are young they can look mainly white before the coloured stripes come in.
 
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