What should I do with turbo snail babies?

[99gtbaby]

My trochus spawned a few weeks ago, now I have a decent amount of babies in my display tank and they’re in my sump too. Should I remove them as babies, wait til they grow larger to remove or never remove? I have a 93 gallon corner bow front for reference. Before they spawned I already had 3 or 4 large trochus in my display tank.

 

[PeterB113]

Oooff I would ship them to me ASAP

 

[JGT]

Escargot, little butter and garlic, yum.

 

[ReeferHendrix]

I got a bunch too I just leave them ‍

 

[Buckster]

I just purchased 32 of them that were 1/4" for $1.00 apiece. The person was charging $40.00 for shipping and was then only charged $11.00. He gave me a refund on PayPal for the $29.00.
try to have yours grow to that size and then sell them!

 

[Isopod80]

Depends on how much algae you have. Some lfs shops may be willing to give you some credit even though they're small if they want them for personal use. Most places won't sell very tiny. As another mentioned, you could find people here willing to take them or a local reef club.

 

[THN4AU]

Completely new to this, but wouldn’t a reproducing animal be happy and trying to fill the needs of the tank? In my mind, the population would reach equilibrium with its food, habitat, etc eventually and they’d either stop reproducing or begin to die off. Could be way off though.

Following for more seasoned answers.

 

[Isopod80]

You're not wrong but in my experience having loads of tiny snails getting stuck in equipment is annoying. To each their own.

 

[skylar]

Sell them when they grow or give them to local reefers, trade, etc.