Snail ID - please

[Turd Ferguson]

Hi,

Can someone tell me what kind of snail this is...and is he a good guy? I seem to have a number of them over the last few months.

thanks.
Turd.

 

[gentlefish]

Banded trophy’s snail. Good one. They may breed in the tank.

 

[Turd Ferguson]

cool - thanks. Do they stay the same size? I have some Trochus snails in the tank... would these small guys be offspring?

 

[Sharkbait19]

You got it! These are the surviving offspring of the original snails you bought. They will eventually get as large as the parents.
I have been seeing similar with my astreas.

 

[Turd Ferguson]

Awesome, I think the only negative is that I see them in my external overflow box. Meaning, if the get large, could clog up the drains. May be have to start a relocation program

 

[gentlefish]

Interesting thought. They never caused my problems in the overflow though.

 

[vetteguy53081]

Its a Trochus , not trophy snail, reef safe and does well with both algae and cyano bacteria

 

[gentlefish]

Thank for the spell check! We had that figured out on the 3rd post.
May I point out a separate post? “How about trying a small mini pimp to blow off rock” Now where to find a mini-pimp?