Zoo eating snails!

msd2

msd2

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I noticed on friday that the zoos (almost all the colonies) were closed up tight when I got home. Odd but eh didnt think much of it. Noticed today that they were still closed up. Anway long story short I pulled a snail out that was circular in shape and had settled down amongst the polyps.
My question is is there any animals I can get that will consume the snails? Im willing to put my good guys in the fuge for awhile to protect them but I dont wanna see my zoo's getting munched away!
I did do a water check:
sg 1.024
ph 8.2
nitrate:0
nitrite: 0
nh3:0
Ca 680
alk 3.09
I know the ca is high, seems to be a chronic problem when I do wc with oceanic, and I am bring the alk level up some slowly. any other suggestions/ideas Im totally open to, I was hoping that the zoos would take over and now im concerned about their survival.
 
clarkiiboi

clarkiiboi

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My computer crashed and I lost all my pics and info I had saved, but from what I can remember it could be sundial snails. If I remember right, they do prey on zoos. They look like a spiraled (sp) snail, similar to what you posted. It will take manual removal also. Do a search for sundial snails, limited to the reef fourm, you should find more info there. HTH
 
msd2

msd2

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thanks for the info! sundials they are and I will be checkin tonight to make sure I got em all.
 
msd2

msd2

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Well I checked last night and again this morning before work but didnt find any other snail. Hopefully when I come home tonight after work they will have opened back up (keeping fingers crossed).
 
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