Tiny Snails All Over

[Palmer]

Originally Posted by Myka

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.