njasmin Posted February 19, 2014 Share Posted February 19, 2014 I figured i would pick the brains of the marine biologists here I set up a nuvo 16 about a month ago from stock from my old 60 gallon. As far as the CUC i added about 3 astrea snails and 3 nassarius snails. After about 3 weeks i noticed a weird formation by the overflow...are these eggs????? I'm sure this is a nassarius snail but the shell looks a little weird with some eerie type antennae. Any help with ID would be appreciated, Also, should this be something i monitor closely as i have had a snail outbreak before(freshwater), or will this be beneficial to the system? Some pics... Link to comment
Dark_ice Posted February 19, 2014 Share Posted February 19, 2014 looks like a Stomatella snail to me, harmless. im actually wanting one. they can reproduce but most of the time they wont take over you're tank. Link to comment
FlowerMama Posted February 19, 2014 Share Posted February 19, 2014 nassarius make strange egg formations, maybe the stomatella is going to eat them, which is fine, because eggs never make it Link to comment
Boggers Posted February 19, 2014 Share Posted February 19, 2014 nassarius snail eggs are normally in high flow area so that would be my guess as well. Snail is stomatella, i have a bunch. Link to comment
Dark_ice Posted February 19, 2014 Share Posted February 19, 2014 nassarius snail eggs are normally in high flow area so that would be my guess as well. Snail is stomatella, i have a bunch. you sir are lucky Link to comment
Lawnman Posted February 19, 2014 Share Posted February 19, 2014 I have hundreds of these little guys. I had a big explosion of them a few months back. Best snails in my tank! Link to comment
Boggers Posted February 19, 2014 Share Posted February 19, 2014 Single piece of LR and 130lbs of dry rock. In 3 tanks. Lucky on that rock or various frags. Link to comment
Dark_ice Posted February 19, 2014 Share Posted February 19, 2014 GAHHH why can't i get a single one!! all the jelly! Link to comment
njasmin Posted February 20, 2014 Author Share Posted February 20, 2014 Thank you for all the responses! I'm just wondering how this came to be in my tank? I use all existing LR. I have added a few frags and i put new live sand in the tank...had to have been a hitch hiker on one of those. Link to comment
vegasgundog Posted February 20, 2014 Share Posted February 20, 2014 I got mine from cheato I put in bc. Thought they were gone, but everyonce in a while I see one or two. Link to comment
njasmin Posted February 20, 2014 Author Share Posted February 20, 2014 nassarius snail eggs are normally in high flow area so that would be my guess as well. Snail is stomatella, i have a bunch. Also, that formation is right by my powerhead, the pic was taken before the eggs appeared. Do u think an outbreak will happen? Link to comment
Boggers Posted February 20, 2014 Share Posted February 20, 2014 2 different snails. the eggs were from nassarius and they almost never hatch. stommatella eggs are whit oval and can be anywhere. either snail is good to have the one just being a little more odd looking. Link to comment
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