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  1. kwinter1

    kwinter1 Corkscrew Tentacle Anemone

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    I am always learning something new in this hobby everyday. Some days I like it, others its a lesson. Todays lesson; large nerite snails can and will get into your plumbing pipes and clog them. What do you guys use to cover either your corner overflows or pipes.
     
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  2. ingtar_shinowa

    ingtar_shinowa Giant Squid

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    LOL!!!!!!!!!! My nerites will try to crawl into my vortechs. I hear a gently increasing clicking for about five minutes, then it dims. This happens about once a week.
     
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  3. kwinter1

    kwinter1 Corkscrew Tentacle Anemone

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    i had to get the shop vac to get it out
     
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  4. bwalker9801

    bwalker9801 Zoanthid

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    +1 on the shop vac! Especially with long PVC runs. Had to do it twice in the past 2 months even with eggcrate screens over the overflows they still some how find a way.
     
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  5. Marshall O

    Marshall O Giant Squid

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    I recently found one that apparently had somehow climbed out of my 46 gal bow (which is fully covered except for a small opening by the skimmer in the back of the tank), down the front of the tank, inside one of the shelving spaces on the stand. No idea how long he was there, but I pulled him off and put him back in the tank and he was right back at it!

    On my 55 gal (which has a 30 gal sump) I have egg crate that is up tight to my overflow box, so nothing but the smallest (dwarf ceriths) could fit through. I am always checking the top of the egg crate to make sure one is not trying to escape. So far there was only one smaller one who was just making it to the top of the egg crate. You would think they would just be happy to stay in the water where there is plenty of food!
     
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  6. Rawdogz

    Rawdogz Torch Coral

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    LOL... i know your pain
     
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  7. Toallhisdoom

    Toallhisdoom Dragon Wrasse

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    i just ordered 150snails and basically have an open top, except from some galvanized chicken wire. should i be worried?
     
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  8. Servillius

    Servillius Montipora Digitata

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    If you ordered 150 nerites, yes. If you ordered a few nerits along with a mix of others, no. They will occasionally crawl out early on. Put em back in the tank and it will work itself out.
     
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  9. Toallhisdoom

    Toallhisdoom Dragon Wrasse

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    50 Dwarf Cerith
    40 Nassarius Vibex
    36 Florida Cerith
    15 Nerite Snails (Large)
    10 Nerite Snails (Small - Medium)

    is what i ordered
     
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  10. Vinnyboombatz

    Vinnyboombatz Giant Squid

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    While I have not had issues with them clogging up my pipes I do know that for some reason these particular snails do tend to go "walk about".
    When I tried adding them to my rimless frag tank I would find them all over my countertop.:(
     
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