snails by the truck load

[charliethetuna88]

hello everyone listen i go fishing in my boat in long island when i put the chumpot down i get lots of snail like ceirth snail i tried a few in by tank and they lived and are good cleaners they burrow in the sand and the minute they smell some thing in the water they come out like night of the living dead i think there the same as the ones they got at fishtown for like 3 bucks each any one intrested in some (im looking for some softie frags if any one has to spare ) i will get the snails if anyone wants them

 

[spykes]

arre they safe i mean, im kinda scared to put stuff in my tank, that isnt reefsafe anymore...

 

[yessongs]

IMO, If they live in the cool water in LI chances are they wont live long in a tank with temp's between 79-82 degrees.

 

[charliethetuna88]

i had them for a long time already

 

[KuyaMark]

Yeah same for me whenever me and my Pops go out fishing on our boat we get these snails, and i tried them on my reef tank and they're dooing great getting rid of those algae.

Mark

 

[House of Laughter]

Many people harvest these off the rockaways and swear by them - not sure what the jury is yet, but would be interested if someone mailed one to the excperts on RC to validate. I'd chip in to know.

House

 

[yessongs]

charliethetuna88, how long is a long time?
After insects snails are part of the largest animal group, estimated up to 150,000 species. There's a good chance these snails can destroy a live sand bed.

 

[Kateyes]

Destroy a live sandbed? How?

 

[Deanos]

For one, by eating all the microfauna which eats the detritus which accumulate there.

 

[Reef Guy]

and regular "LFS certh snails" dont do this?

 

[Reef Guy]

btw microfauna...is that like protozoa and other small micro organisms?

 

[Deanos]

Originally posted by Reef Guy:
and regular "LFS certh snails" dont do this?

Check them out here:

Cerith Snails

The ceriths I have don't react to food in the tank. Mine surface to eat algae on the glass and occasionally spawn.

Dean

[ May 26, 2005, 06:22 AM: Message edited by: Deanos ]

 

[mgchan]

Do they look like these snails?

http://www.manhattanreefs.com/ubb/ultimatebb.php?ubb=get_topic;f=2;t=001156;p=1#000000

 

[charliethetuna88]

mgchan thats them man periwinkles thats them there great right fuc 3 bucks for a certh snail from the store if its free its for me, bro ive caught alota stuff out there never a rock wrasse what doeas it look like oh yeh i have caught pipefish out there in the eel grass

 

[FastUno]

I'll vouch for the Marsh Periwinkle Snails, as for I have a few in my tank. They seem to do a better job then the store bought ones, don't disturb the corals as much, provide the occasional snack for my mantis shrimp (aka the Clicker), & oh yea they are freagin free!

One thing though, I would be more worried about them bringing in some unknown parasite, bacteria, ...etc into the tank. What I did was to leave them in a small tank & let the water evaporate & get gradually more saltier, then I did the reverse (dec salinity over time). Hopefully, this took care of things?

 

[House of Laughter]

BTW, those fokker ceriths will kill your clams,

House

 

[charliethetuna88]

yeh that was my worry too uno

 

[yessongs]

IME, cerith snails wont kill clams. They are herbivorous/scavenger.
There are two possibilities, you have pyramidellids some look like ceriths and are ectoparasitic.
Or they are cerith snails, and the clam was alive but decaying.
Chances are it was the latter of the two.