Baby snails everywhere

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  1. TBELT

    TBELT Ritteri Anemone

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    Well it looks like my turbo snails got busy and now I have a bunch of little snails all over the glass when i turn on the lights in the morning. Close to 50-60 of them. Hard to count. Is there anything i need to do to help them grow and stay healthy? Was not expecting this at all. Pretty cool though.;D I figure wne they get a little bigger i can give some away and keep some.
     
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  3. Corailline

    Corailline Super Moderator

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    It is a dry heat, yeah right !
    Do they look like baby turbos??

    Perhaps collonista snails. Cute little guys that are nocturnal, and never get very large. Harmless grazers of algae.
     
  4. Clonefarmer

    Clonefarmer Millepora

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    Probably Stomatella or Collonista snails.
     
  5. TBELT

    TBELT Ritteri Anemone

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    Hard to say at this point they are so small. The kinda look like little turbo's. I gues time will tell. The tank is coming on a year old and i just noticed them in the last week. Only snails I have are turbo's and mexicans.
     
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  7. bvb-etf-luva

    bvb-etf-luva Banned

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    theyll just scavenge just like snails, no extra care.
     
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  9. 2in10

    2in10 Super Moderator

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    I will vote for collonista snails also