100+ turbo snail babies. 75g

[ReefSalt76]

My 75 gallon tank has probably 100+ baby turbo snails, are they going to be too much for my live rock? Are they going to strip my tank? I was thinking about setting up a small tank just to raise them.

 

[JumboShrimp]

Interesting question— I don’t know whether anyone has posed it before. Let’s see what people think. But of course, at their current size (in the photo), I don’t think even 100 of them could do any harm...

 

[Redfoxtang]

And if you need to get rid of some I wouldn’t mind taking some off your hands [emoji2][emoji2]

 

[ReefSalt76]

And if you need to get rid of some I wouldn’t mind taking some off your hands [emoji2][emoji2]

So many

 

[Cassian]

I would take them all!!! I just set up a new tank and need CUC. haha!

 

[Idaho Mojo]

Are you sure they are turbos? They might be collonista snails in those kind of numbers

Collonista Snail | Melev's Reef

The subject of this picture is the tiny snail in the dead center. It is a Collonista amakusaensis, which is quite a mouthful for such a tiny guy. It is about the size of a BB, and is hiding in the shade of an Astrea above. These tend to come in as hitchhikers, and breed quite easily. If you look...

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[ReefSalt76]

They definitely look like that and could be that. The only reason I'm not sure is because I saw the eggs the couple times when they were laid so i figure it's from a snail i bought?

 

[Skynyrd Fish]

That is sweet. Take a pic of the momma snail.

 

[saltyhog]

Do you have any other snail species in your tank? I've had Trochus snails reproduce in that number in my tank. Only about 1 in 10 make it to adulthood ...probably because of fish predation in my tank.

 

[ReefSalt76]

That is sweet. Take a pic of the momma snail.

Not the most attractive or smart lol. I usually keep only one turbo cause they like to fall over.

 

[Skynyrd Fish]

I was thinking trochus snail because of the shell markings on the babies.

 

[AdamNC]

They are collonista snails.