Bumble bee snails safe??

[shimmy]

Originally Posted by naesco

Dr. Shimek, who is kind of the expert on these things says they are not OK.
They are predators. They search the sand and rock and eat all the small critters that are necessary for the sand bed including the larvae of pods which are essential food for some of the fish like mandarins who need they to survive.
I don't know why some LFS continue to stock them.

Thanks for asking before you buy.

NAESCO could you send the link on where you found this information I would like to read more about it. Are bristle worms also a bad thing to have in ones tank for I found one the other day in my tank and all the comments I have found on them argue both sides… so….??

[naesco]

Originally Posted by shimmy

NAESCO could you send the link on where you found this information I would like to read more about it. Are bristle worms also a bad thing to have in ones tank for I found one the other day in my tank and all the comments I have found on them argue both sides… so….??

The best site to get non biased information is www.wetwebmedia.com
The live aquaria site is an online fish/coral seller. The information always underestimates, the size requirements, difficulty to keep etcetera as they are in the business of selling reef stuff.

Bristle worms are a good for a reef tank as they eat all the detritus and dead stuff.

[mike31154]

I've seen something similar to a bumblebee snail in my tank on occasion, although most of the time it's out of sight in the rockwork or sand. I believe mine has a yellowish shell with only a single black stripe, not multiple. It does have the 'proboscis' like appendage at the front though. It's been a while since I researched anything on similar specimens but I recall my findings were that it is a nassarius, stays relatively small and is considered generally beneficial. I also found that they can be mistaken for something called a 'whelk' which can grow relatively large and is much more of a hazard in our systems. I think if yours are nassarius, you shouldn't be overly concerned unless they are overwhelming in numbers, which as mentioned, could decimate other beneficial life in your sandbed, LR, etc.