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Palmer 09-08-2011 06:55 PM
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Originally Posted by Myka (Post 634489)
It really doesn't happen very often. People usually mistake Collonistas for baby Turbos. Most snails go through a pelagic larval stage where it would be unlikely for any to survive long enough in a reef to actually turn into a small snail. Too many predators including filtration systems! Stomatella do reproduce in reefs though because their larval stage is very short before they go through metamorphosis which makes them more likely to survive.
My tank is filled with Collonistas and Stomatella. What really suprised me was when I started seeing little Cerith snails all over the tank.

Myka 09-08-2011 11:50 PM
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Originally Posted by Palmer (Post 634496)
My tank is filled with Collonistas and Stomatella. What really suprised me was when I started seeing little Cerith snails all over the tank.
The ones you see reproducing in your tanks will all (likely) have really short larval stage.

MarkoD 09-09-2011 12:41 AM
mine seem to disappear after the lights have been on for an hour

Maverick00 09-09-2011 01:21 AM
if anyone has a cpr overflow, watch these little buggers, i had one crawl over top of the siphon outlet nipple and the aqua lifter wasnt able to pull enough air out of the top of the overflow. I caught it before it started overflowing but it was close.

Myka 09-09-2011 02:00 AM
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Originally Posted by MarkoD (Post 634583)
mine seem to disappear after the lights have been on for an hour
Have you Googled Rissoid snails? That's what it sounds like to me from your limited description.

MarkoD 09-09-2011 04:15 AM
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Originally Posted by Myka (Post 634602)
Have you Googled Rissoid snails? That's what it sounds like to me from your limited description.
thats kinda what it looks like... but they're to small, i cant see the shell.


are those bad?

Myka 09-09-2011 04:25 AM
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Originally Posted by MarkoD (Post 634630)
thats kinda what it looks like... but they're to small, i cant see the shell.


are those bad?
No, they are just grazers. You can order jewelers' loupes off eBay for like $5. They come in handy for stuff like this.


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