Snail Outbreak

[nycfatcow]

Ive been having some baby snails growing in my tank. I thought it was cool at first, but now i think it mite be a problem. When the lights go out, they swarm everything. They are all over the glass rocks and everything. Is it necessary to get rid of these guys? HOw do i do so besides manually removing them?

 

[masterswimmer]

Are they the tiny white ones? I've got them too. They don't harm anything. Not sure what kind they are, but when lights are out, they are in plague proportions. During the day, who the hell knows where they all go, but never even one to be found!

Russ

 

[DEEPWATER]

Lazy Lazy lol

you will always have snails in your tank now ,just get out as many as you can MANUALLY!!

 

[inline6]

They're not pyramide snails are they Calvin?
It's bad news if you have alot of clams, they sometimes hitch hike w/new clam purchases as I found out.

 

[DevIouS]

If they look like these........it's cool.
I got a BUNCH in my tank.
Let them do their thing~



Russ you have white snails?:scratch:

 

[inline6]

Small pointed white snails are pyramide snails = bad.
They can reach plague proportions if you're not deligent in removing them everynite which is when they come out.
They can bring down even a healthy clam.

 

[nycfatcow]

ohhh man i thi nk imma go harvest some right now and take a pic

 

[nycfatcow]

Here are some quick snap shots of some snails i got...the circle ones seems like the ones that phil has...im more worried about the black cone shaped ones...can any one id

 

[masterswimmer]

Very difficult id's but I think the black cone shaped one is a cerith (good).
The other ones look like nerites, but hard to tell. If they are nerites, not bad either.

Russ

 

[nycfatcow]

o0o good stuff..... relief!!

 

[lfsmarineguy]

You're growing baby teeth in your tank?

 

[inline6]

phew! I bet that's a relief Calvin:splitspin

 

[nycfatcow]

yeh i have like hundreds of them when the lights go out lol