Bumblebee Snails with TBS Live Rock and other CUC?

[7of9]

I love the unique look of bumblebee snails, but I’ve never kept them. I’m considering doing Tampa Bay Saltwater live rock and a mostly snail CUC, but I’m wondering:

A. Will the usual TBS hitchhikers likely eat the bumblebees? I’m planning on assembling my own CUC instead of using theirs, but I know small crabs and such often come along.

B. Will the bumblebees eat all my other snails?

Anyone have experience and advice for these?

 

[TheBear78]

A. Not sure, I assume that you'd notice any hitchhiking CUC big enough to harm the Bumblebees.

B. I have ~ 20 Nassarius and 1 Trochus snail and many patches of snail eggs. I Also have about 5 Bumblebees but i've never seen them do anything other than crawl around the rock. Hopefully they're having a chew on the Vermitid snail tubes which are plentiful.

 

[Snoopdog]

I love the unique look of bumblebee snails, but I’ve never kept them. I’m considering doing Tampa Bay Saltwater live rock and a mostly snail CUC, but I’m wondering:

A. Will the usual TBS hitchhikers likely eat the bumblebees? I’m planning on assembling my own CUC instead of using theirs, but I know small crabs and such often come along.

B. Will the bumblebees eat all my other snails?

Anyone have experience and advice for these?

The only thing you could get with TBS hitchhikers that may eat a snail are polyclad flatworms. I have not captured any on my order, so mine appears clean.

 

[blaxsun]

B. The bumblebees don't pose a threat to anything (except maybe zoas at some point).