tiny snails

[the marine apprentice]

i have the ones with the pearly looking backs and they are awesome help to keep algea down. but the ones i have are like maybe a mm to 2mm long and there are thousands of them dont seem to be causeing any damage but i want to make sure

[gobytron]

If you had that many and they were detrimental to anything, you would notice pretty quick.
Probably nerites
Click on their name for a great article about them by Julian Sprung.

[Snappy]

Terry, Over the course of the next year you will likely encounter all kinds of things in your reef that you haven't seen yet that only come out at night. Keep your flashlight handy and have fun discovering a whole new world. This takes me back to when I started and spent many a late night fascinated with the live rock coming to life. Welcome to the wonderful world of Salt Water.

Eb0la11 -Anyone have more input on that? Do mandarins eat these snails along with pods?

I think it unlikely they will eat the snails and as hard as it is to be patient I would wait. Mandarins can sometimes be trained to eat frozen but it is not an easy task, I've never had luck with it. You may have what seems like a lot of pods however mandarins are prone to eat the pod larvae more than the actual pods so this is one of the reasons you need a well established reef. You need enough pods to keep up the population despite loosing a high rate of their offspring.

[the marine apprentice]

[quote=Snappy;470092]Terry, Over the course of the next year you will likely encounter all kinds of things in your reef that you haven't seen yet that only come out at night. Keep your flashlight handy and have fun discovering a whole new world. This takes me back to when I started and spent many a late night fascinated with the live rock coming to life. Welcome to the wonderful world of Salt Water.

snappy.. oh i know what ya mean by watching at night. i am usually up till 4am every night cuz im a night person and i am always watching my tank. put a set of awesome moonlights on my tank that opened up a whole new world in my tanks nightlife. i love this hobby never know what you are gonna see

Ho ya get your self a red lens for your flashlight as there are alot of noternal critters that can not detect the red light. hwich brings to mind night crawler hunter in Winnipeg down by scotia street. These worms are so big you don't put the hook through them you just tie them to the hook and they will grab the fish and hold on till you get it back to shore.

Old Peg joke. I have gone and hinted for these night crawlers they can get longer than 16 inches, these worms are so slimy you have to wash your hands after you handle them. They are light sensitive if you use and red lens you can get them they will also take off quickly if you are heavy footed. I lived on Banareman Ave before it realy went down hill.

Try a red lens you should see some more stuff.
Bill

[the marine apprentice]

thanks bill. i actually have the red lense for my high power led light.