Lots of baby snails

[reeferkeifer]

Every morning when I look at the tank I will find a small amount, 5 or so, of baby snails on the glass. They are about the size of a grain of crushed corral substrate and white and they are only out in the morning. This morning I saw there were about 50 or so on the glass and wall of the overflow. :wow2: Is this a problem that I need to control? Do I grab them with a net to get them out? :huh:

 

[dball711]

I wouldn't do anything, chances are most will not make it to full size. If they do you can sell them. I also have many baby snails but have not noticed an over population problem. Most will be food for something. This is a good problem to have.

 

[reeferkeifer]

Escargot anyone.

 

[nassar0505]

They are probably stomatella snails. They are good snails, the populations fluctuate a lot. A few one day a hundred the next

 

[genesis]

I've got 100's of them in my 140

 

[reeferkeifer]

I don't think they are stomatella snails. I have seen those and these baby ones have the typical snail shell with a swirl where the stomatella's have sort of a dome on there back and not the swirly, snail shell.

 

[nassar0505]

Nope your right they have a fingernail like shell... What about colonistas?

 

[reeferkeifer]

Fingernail is such a better descriptor. Colonistas.... yes, and white.

 

[dball711]

I have Cerith & Nerte snails reproducing like mad.

 

[nassar0505]

I would just keep an eye on the population. To much of anything is bad in most cases, plus the aesthetics of hundreds of snails isn't always the best . Other than that they're just there to eat some algae.

 

[reeferkeifer]

If they do get bad just use a net to scrape and catch them?

 

[nassar0505]

Yup just pull them out bake and eat 😋

 

[enderg60]

Its a good thing, dont worry about them.

Hell if anything collect a few and give them to me for puffer snacks

 

[reeferkeifer]

EnderG60;1023725 wrote: Its a good thing, dont worry about them.

Hell if anything collect a few and give them to me for puffer snacks

Noted :thumbs:

 

[atlorange]

I had colonistas run rampant in a past tank. Bought a medium sized melanurus. No more snails...he crunched em up one at a time for a few days.