Lots of baby snails...now what do I do ?? - Page 2

Jack · #11 03-13-2003, 10:17 PM

Ryland,

Yup, that's from the sand I got from you. That was some good stuff. I'll PM you.

BCOrchidGuy · #12 03-13-2003, 10:29 PM

Ryland, what are you doing special to get snails to survive? I have Cerith snails in my refugium but the egg masses just drift into the main tank after a few days on the glass.

Michael · #13 03-14-2003, 07:26 PM

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Originally Posted by Nullig

Do you have a pic?

They could be copepods... I see them on glass quite a lot. They seem to come in cycles, as they "hatch".

Noel

Here is a link to a photo I found on the web that shows the small white circular baby snails (i think) on the glass. This person thought they were cerith snails.
http://home.attbi.com/~anemoneman2/b...th_resized.jpg

Michael

r_wellwood · #14 03-14-2003, 07:38 PM

BCOG,

I don't know if I am doing anything that would be considered special. I had the snails in two separate tanks. The common factor was the LR. I used sugar sand (aragonite) in both tanks, I was not skimming either tank, I was using carbon on both tanks.

The snails preferred to hide during the day in the grape caulerpa/bottom of the tank. When the light was low or off, they would come out on the rocks and glass. In the 20G I have, I also have a hoard of baby Brittle Stars that are multiplying - quite amazing since I have never purchased a brittle star.

Ryland

BCOrchidGuy · #15 03-14-2003, 07:38 PM

Thats what I have but they don't move around they have little feather like appendanges (for lack of a better description) I figured they were a feather duster of sorts.

BCOrchidGuy · #16 03-14-2003, 07:41 PM

Wow Ryland, I have sugar aragonite in my refugium with tons of grape calupera too, I do have a skimmer going though but it is in my sump.

What ever you are doing seems to be working, I had a good sized population of baby peppermint shrimp in my 20 gallon the seemed to love the sponge filter, now.... nothing that I can see in any great number.

Nullig · #17 03-14-2003, 11:55 PM

Look like tube worms to me... baby feather dusters.

Noel

Michael · #18 03-17-2003, 12:14 PM

Hmm....I'm kinda confused now since in my tank...I don't have any feather dusters. I did buy some more liverock last month...I wonder if that's where they were hiding.
I'll keep you posted as to what happens with them.

Michael

BCOrchidGuy · #19 03-17-2003, 08:35 PM

I had something new show up on my glass this morning, tiny tiny clear things that have what looks like minute grains of sand in them. I don't notice them moving but they sure look different than the tiny tube worms I mentioned earlier.
Since all my fish are out of the tank I wonder if maybe they are snails, with nothing to eat them maybe they are growing..... have to keep my eyes open and see what develops, I know I did have lots of cerith eggs all over the place behind my LR....

Samw · #20 03-18-2003, 07:59 AM

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Originally Posted by r_wellwood

Jack,

If the sand you are referring to is the stuff from my LR tank, then those are definitely baby snails. I have tons of them in my 20G - some are reaching about 6-7mm in diameter (foot). They will continue to grow in your refugium...

Ryland

Cool. What type? I have a dozen or so baby Astreas right now at about 1 cm. I also see the ocassional baby cerith. No Margarita, Bumble bee, or Nassarius babies seen yet.