Trochus Snail Breeding Success

[Steve H]

Hi Everyone,

Have you had success breeding Trochus snails in your aquarium? If so, what type of salt do you use? I know that this is an odd question but I am attempting to determine why they seemingly breed like guppies in some systems and don’t in others (with similar filtration and inhabitants). I don’t believe that salt is a factor but I would like to rule it out.

 

[SlugSnorter]

Hi Everyone,

Have you had success breeding Trochus snails in your aquarium? If so, what type of salt do you use? I know that this is an odd question but I am attempting to determine why they seemingly breed like guppies in some systems and don’t in others (with similar filtration and inhabitants). I don’t believe that salt is a factor but I would like to rule it out.

theres a lot of Trochus species out there, some look similar, and many Trochus are miss ID-ed or sold as Spp. so part of it could be that. I think its unlikely salt has a role to play in breeding, they ID say its a mix of how many filter feeders in the tank, how many snails, what and how much food is present in the tank and how much rockwork there is. They don't really lay eggs, kinda just shoot em into the water

 

[jdiefenbaugh]

I have red banded trochus spawning/breeding pretty consistently. Honestly it's more of a nuisance than anything, they get into my vortechs and overflows at their tiny size, and there's very little algae for them to eat. I had ~500-600 last year at one time over 1/4", and they just starve out or get eaten by my wrasses. I've had astrea snails regularly spawn en masse, in the past also. I don't see salt brands having anything to do with it, these were with IO, RC, tropic Marin, and large-scale batch mixes with raw materials.

1,000 snails mass spawning makes a mess, fyi.

 

[GarrettT]

Mine are like rabbits. They multiply like crazy.

 

[Steve H]

Thanks for the replies so far.

I have red banded trochus spawning/breeding pretty consistently. Honestly it's more of a nuisance than anything, they get into my vortechs and overflows at their tiny size, and there's very little algae for them to eat. I had ~500-600 last year at one time over 1/4", and they just starve out or get eaten by my wrasses. I've had astrea snails regularly spawn en masse, in the past also. I don't see salt brands having anything to do with it, these were with IO, RC, tropic Marin, and large-scale batch mixes with raw materials.

1,000 snails mass spawning makes a mess, fyi.

Thanks! I have had multiple systems where red banded Trochus become pests using Tropic Marin (pro and classsic). I also have several systems where they spawn regularly but don’t successfully recruit that use IO. Healthy systems, containing similar animal inhabitants, suspension feeder density, and filtration. I am sure it is coincidence with some undetermined factor being the root cause but I wanted to hear of successful spawns and recruitment using IO.

 

[Tamberav]

Mine have spawned/reproduced using IO but wrasses eat them up. I find babies that made it to the sump sometimes.

 

[Lilly Moore]

Mine aren’t breeding what can I do to get them to