The Overpopulation Trochus Snails

[DWill]

At first it was cool, now not so much. What you might ask.
The explosion of the population of Trochus in my tank.

A while back I found a few, three or four, small Trochus snails in my system. They’d been alive long enough their shells are dark and they clearly juvenile Trochus. Cool I though. Until now.

Now I’d like to find Trochus birth control. There’s literally a TON of them in my system. They’re in the display, in the external overflow, in the sump. Pretty much everywhere. If even half of these things live I’ll be over run by Trochus snails.

 

[thatmanMIKEson]

At first it was cool, now not so much. What you might ask.
The explosion of the population of Trochus in my tank.

A while back I found a few, three or four, small Trochus snails in my system. They’d been alive long enough their shells are dark and they clearly juvenile Trochus. Cool I though. Until now.

Now I’d like to find Trochus birth control. There’s literally a TON of them in my system. They’re in the display, in the external overflow, in the sump. Pretty much everywhere. If even half of these things live I’ll be over run by Trochus snails.

I have hundreds that come out at night, but they are good for the small nooks, its crazy how the reproduce in tank so good.

 

[DWill]

I have hundreds that come out at night, but they are good for the small nooks, its crazy how the reproduce in tank so good.

Ya, it’s like there was an explosion. It’ll be interesting to see how many survive.

 

[Goldenvue]

Ship them this way! All about propagation!

 

[CrimsonTide]

I found like 10 babies in my tank but I keep finding more probably at least 50+ leaning on the plus part.

 

[mehaffydr]

Without pictures it didn't happen

 

[CrimsonTide]

Without pictures it didn't happen

Theres 2 next to their dad! Sneaky buggers.

 

[CrimsonTide]

Without pictures it didn't happen

Working at the lake or I'd take more pics for proof lol

 

[thatmanMIKEson]

Maybe a 100-200 ... some are bigger with the red stripes

 

[CrimsonTide]

Maybe a 100-200 ... some are bigger with the red stripes

Thats a lot of snails.

 

[mehaffydr]

Thats cool Id like to have some of those in my tank

 

[tautog83]

i started off with 15 in my 160 , 7 months later i had like 70 lol those were just the big ones i could count . sold some locally and to the lfs

 

[DWill]

i started off with 15 in my 160 , 7 months later i had like 70 lol those were just the big ones i could count . sold some locally and to the lfs

I didn't think of that. Trochus snails are rare and near
Y the price of gold around here. Maybe I can pull dome out and put them in a small tank and see if I can grow them out.

 

[Acros]

Someone please ship me some!

 

[LuizW13]

I have what seems like a couple hundred Limpets, luckily, they stay pretty small. If you're in DFW, I'll take a few Trochus off your hands lol.

 

[DWill]

I have what seems like a couple hundred Limpets, luckily, they stay pretty small. If you're in DFW, I'll take a few Trochus off your hands lol.

I’m in Dan Diego.

 

[Reefing102]

I agree with selling them. Perhaps wait til warmer months for shipping but could probably get away with USPS priority if the cost wasn’t extreme with the option of overnight at buyers expense