are these what I think they are?

[Aquattro]

Originally Posted by Aquattro

Can you remove the clam? If so, dump it in a bucket of RO for 20 minutes.

Wait. That's for pinched mantle. But I suppose it might kill off some snails too.

[Doug]

Sheez Christy. Guess I had better check mine.

[christyf5]

Easy peasy. Scrubbed off about 100-150 of the little buggers. No egg masses that I noticed but they got scrubbed off too and I went after the scutes with a little pick. Clam is clean for now and its business as usual in the tank. Guess I should feed the fish more, one of my tangs tried to take a chunk out of my arm

Now to attempt to do this every second night. Should be interesting...

[gregzz4]

Originally Posted by christyf5

Guess I should feed the fish more, one of my tangs tried to take a chunk out of my arm

Ha

I couldn't find info on the web to nail down the incubation period of these little buggers

Did it say anything in one of the links ? I must have missed it

From what I can find on the web, they can take anywhere from 3-18 days to hatch - temp dependant ....

[christyf5]

Originally Posted by gregzz4

Ha

I couldn't find info on the web to nail down the incubation period of these little buggers

Did it say anything in one of the links ? I must have missed it

From what I can find on the web, they can take anywhere from 3-18 days to hatch - temp dependant ....

The OP in one of those threads said they did it for a month. I was hoping maybe they were just OCD or something but ya I guess if you're watching for the eggs to hatch and then the snails get big enough to see, it takes awhile

[gregzz4]

Originally Posted by christyf5

The OP in one of those threads said they did it for a month. I was hoping maybe they were just OCD or something but ya I guess if you're watching for the eggs to hatch and then the snails get big enough to see, it takes awhile

Does this mean you will have to scrub your clam every day for up to 3 weeks ?

I guess it'll be very clean by then

[christyf5]

Originally Posted by gregzz4

Does this mean you will have to scrub your clam every day for up to 3 weeks ?

I guess it'll be very clean by then

Lol. Im surprised this thread got to page 2 without that kind of comment

[darkreef]

Put your clam in a small dish with some sand . The snails burrow in the sand in the daytime . Throw out the sand come day time and scrub and remove them nighttime . Do this until there are no more !

(Also the snails may lay eggs on the sand next to the clam by accident )

Takes about a month to get rid of them but always keep checking

[gregzz4]

Originally Posted by darkreef

Put your clam in a small dish with some sand . The snails burrow in the sand in the daytime . Throw out the sand come day time and scrub and remove them nighttime . Do this until there are no more !

Good point for anyone who hasn't read the links

There are lots of wrasses that eat these little terrors, but they can't get them all from deep inside

[darkreef]

Originally Posted by gregzz4

Good point for anyone who hasn't read the links

There are lots of wrasses that eat these little terrors, but they can't get them all from deep inside

just making sure he didn't miss that ! Or you could be fighting a loosing battle hehe