duganderson Posted September 17, 2012 Share Posted September 17, 2012 I'm interested in a adding a few Trochus snails to my CUC. Do you like them or do they have drawbacks? I've heard they naturally reproduce in a an aquarium? Is this true? Do they reproduce too much where it is a problem? Do you just remove the babies so you don't have too many snails? My tank is a 28 g. with CF lights, a few fish, softies, frogspawn, a macro algae soon, and 2 RBTA. Link to comment
Seamonkey84 Posted September 17, 2012 Share Posted September 17, 2012 I wish mine would reproduce, but I've never heard of them populating a tank. I think they are just about the best snail to have, along with a few ceriths. I would go with 6-10 trouchus plus other snails for your tank. Link to comment
BulkRate Posted September 17, 2012 Share Posted September 17, 2012 My single banded trochus has been doing well for the last few months. The next time the store near me has them in stock I'm getting a second one. Pretty shell, busy glass & rockscape cleaner, hermit-crab resistant and self-righting... there's not much to not like about this snail. They can reproduce in tanks, but in most cases the baby snails will get eaten/filtered out of the water column in pretty short order. If they do survive to maturity (and you decide you don't want them), pick 'em out and sell them to a local store or give them away to other reefers! Link to comment
buddythelion Posted September 17, 2012 Share Posted September 17, 2012 Banded black foot trochus. Easily my favorite and most hard working snail I have. They're the main algae force in my nanos and they do a great job at not being bulldozers while eating algae on both rock and glass. The biggest plus is that they can right them selves up when they fall off the rock! Link to comment
eksblenny Posted September 30, 2012 Share Posted September 30, 2012 They can definitely reproduce, and in large quantities. I bought 4 trochus snails maybe 2 years ago and before my tank swap a few months ago I collected 24 adults. I brought over 9 for the new tank and they are already spawning. Link to comment
duganderson Posted September 30, 2012 Author Share Posted September 30, 2012 They can definitely reproduce, and in large quantities. I bought 4 trochus snails maybe 2 years ago and before my tank swap a few months ago I collected 24 adults. I brought over 9 for the new tank and they are already spawning. Are you worried they could overtake your tank OR get out of control or do you just easily remove them? Link to comment
1fishmonger Posted September 30, 2012 Share Posted September 30, 2012 Banded black foot trochus. Easily my favorite and most hard working snail I have. They're the main algae force in my nanos and they do a great job at not being bulldozers while eating algae on both rock and glass. The biggest plus is that they can right them selves up when they fall off the rock! This ^^ Link to comment
eksblenny Posted October 1, 2012 Share Posted October 1, 2012 Are you worried they could overtake your tank OR get out of control or do you just easily remove them? They will not overtake your tank. They will produce alot of baby snails but these snails will basically compete amongst themselves. The amount of food in your tank will only allow only a certain number of these snails to survive. There is a small possibility they could clog plumbing or pumps but I have not ever had this happen to me. Baby trochus snails are probably too hard to remove them manually... there are just too many of them and they are very good at hiding because they start very small. Link to comment
Cantstandya Posted October 2, 2012 Share Posted October 2, 2012 My favorite thing about my banded trochus is their ability to fling harmit crabs that are climbing on their shell and harassing them by doing a really quick spinning move. Link to comment
CheeseHead Posted October 2, 2012 Share Posted October 2, 2012 I absolutely loved my trochus snails while I had them...hardest working snails I ever had! Link to comment
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