theliquidzoo Posted June 16, 2005 Share Posted June 16, 2005 i was checking out my back compartment of my nano cube and i noticed these guys stuck to the walls. my guess is they are nassarius snails in development...my snails do like to wrestle a lot...hey, wait...maybe that's not wrestling? any thoughts on how to keep them? is it good? Link to comment
sir winston mulligan Posted June 16, 2005 Share Posted June 16, 2005 i had two turbo snails bumpin uglies, and now i have babies all over my tank..id just leave them and when they get bigger you can sell or trade or give them away..heck thats a free clean up crew right there! Link to comment
theliquidzoo Posted June 16, 2005 Author Share Posted June 16, 2005 i'm cycling a new 21 gallon...i'm hoping they will be ready for that in time. i see the snails leaving the clear 'eggs' on the glass, but they must of detached and found their way into the back. it's kind of exciting! Link to comment
theliquidzoo Posted June 16, 2005 Author Share Posted June 16, 2005 and some odd ones... Link to comment
reef hugger Posted June 16, 2005 Share Posted June 16, 2005 Do they move? To me they look like sponges. Link to comment
theliquidzoo Posted June 16, 2005 Author Share Posted June 16, 2005 no, i have not witnessed them moving...they seem like they are still developing (if they are snails there is no shell yet). what kind of sponge? Link to comment
reef hugger Posted June 16, 2005 Share Posted June 16, 2005 Looking at them again more closely, I know they are not nassarius snails. The size of them is too large and they don't have a shell. Baby snails will have a shell that looks identicle to an adult shell, just smaller. There are 2 times that snails don't look like adults, one is when they are in the egg sac and the other is during the veliger stage. I don't have a clue what kind of sponge it is, if it even is a sponge. Most likely it is harmless and they are helping filter your water. Link to comment
theliquidzoo Posted June 16, 2005 Author Share Posted June 16, 2005 yeah, the shell issue, i was wondering about that. aftyer thinking about it, all the other developing snails i've had snails and were tiny. and they are non-reactive if i poke at the snorkel looking thing. Link to comment
formerly icyuodd/icyoud2 Posted June 16, 2005 Share Posted June 16, 2005 i have tonnes of those in my filter. some are as big as a dollar coin with many many fingers. there sponges for sure. you'll probably find them all over the dark areas of your lr also. Link to comment
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