Alright what do I do with a thousand trocious snails?

twilliard · Sep 25, 2015

Seriously these guys breed like mice!
I can just imagine what a die off would do to my water.
Oh and over the last 6 months they haven't stopped!

These guys get stuck in my skimmer, in my reactor, through the chiller.
I need help!

Or is it a fact of life??

JOSE CASAS · Sep 25, 2015

Fact of life, lol Sell them or give them away. I will take some lol

steelheader.262 · Sep 25, 2015

Sell them to your local LFS

LakeCityReef · Sep 25, 2015

Send me some lol

Ahruk · Sep 25, 2015

A Local reef club would probably go crazy if you were giving them away for free

Cleo642 · Sep 25, 2015

Drop them off at the spca. Lol just playing.

twilliard · Sep 25, 2015

I wish there was a local club! I would give so much to people
I just get tired of cleaning these guys out of the equipment.
They start out so small they make it past all my filters

twilliard · Sep 25, 2015

steelheader.262 said:
Sell them to your local LFS

No one local around me.. go figure.
There was one close that I did a lot with but he retired.

redfishbluefish · Sep 25, 2015

My first thought is to give them away to fellow reefers.

You might also want to try a melanurus wrasse. If you keep it hungry it might go for the snails.

twilliard · Sep 25, 2015

redfishbluefish said:
My first thought is to give them away to fellow reefers.

You might also want to try a melanurus wrasse. If you keep it hungry it might go for the snails.

I don't have good connections for fish. I got most all mine from unique corals. They are usually limited on fish.
I like this idea!
I will see if Scott has one

ksfulk · Sep 25, 2015

twilliard said:
I don't have good connections for fish. I got most all mine from unique corals. They are usually limited on fish.
I like this idea!
I will see if Scott has one

They've had them before, and I believe they do now. I got mine from Unique and its gone from 2.5" to almost 5" in a year. He hunts and pecks at my snails, but I feed my tank a ton. One of the best fish Ive ever gotten through mail order!

tautog83 · Sep 25, 2015

Yea my trochus used to breed all the time and like op said they get stuck in everything . was a pain just give them away I used to have hundreds

Ahruk · Sep 25, 2015

Sucks that you don't have anyone near you. I'm sure so many people would LOVE to take those guys off your hands xD

Sabellafella · Sep 25, 2015

Haha got the same issue i have 100s upon 100s of them so bad to the point they broke my return and skimmer pumps

KJ · Sep 25, 2015

twilliard said:
Seriously these guys breed like mice!
I can just imagine what a die off would do to my water.
Oh and over the last 6 months they haven't stopped!

These guys get stuck in my skimmer, in my reactor, through the chiller.
I need help!

Or is it a fact of life??

Send me some no joke I need 50 or more

Wiz · Sep 25, 2015

If you start mailing them out I'll take some

twilliard · Sep 25, 2015

KJ said:
Send me some no joke I need 50 or more

That 50 will become hundreds soon!

twilliard · Sep 25, 2015

The stay small. Not like the others.
I got them from unique corals if you want to see what they look like.
Thanks Scott!!

gtbarsi · Sep 25, 2015

Have you considered running filter socks?
Once you start you can clean out your sump (wet dry vacuum it out and then scrape it clean). After that the socks should catch the little buggers.
If the eggs get through the filter socks you will have to vacuum and scrape the sump again but it should keep everything bigger than an egg from getting in to the sump...