Nasarius snails everywhere!!

[saltwaterinbrooklyn]

Went to look at my tank at night and noticed that my nasarius snails have gone crazy , I had 7 on the left glass , 21 on the front and about another 15 or so on the right glass, I took some out and put them into my nano tank and they are fine and dandy .

Tonight I go back lmfao and there had to be 40 or more throughout the tank and countless little baby ones , what causes them to breed like this ??

Never had this many before , it's like a nursery .

 

[troywalkerphoto]

Sweet! put a silverside in the sand and watch them race to it! Let me know if you are selling any anytime soon My pistol shrimp has taken a toll on my cleanup crew!

 

[jedimaster1138]

I used to have around 40. Then I got a copperband butterfly. I have fewer Nassarius now.

:eat:

In all seriousness, I actually love the Nass snails. They are like zombies rising from below, periscope first, when food hits the sand. I used to have to ward them off with a stick when I fed my LPS. They'd steal the food from my plates, chalices, acans etc before they could slurp them down.

I wonder if now that my CBB enjoys mostly all forms of frozen food, if I can put some nass back and he won't poke at them. Hmm.

 

[cmantis]

I am prepping my reefcleaners or affordable aquatics order and I was debating getting these snails but was advised against it. Was told they don't really do much and love to clog up plumbing. What are your thoughts? Also I keep shrimp to get the leftovers so seeing as how they don't eat algae not sure what role they would play.

 

[ecvernon]

very cool!! got pictures? are you sure they are not collonista snails?

 

[ecvernon]

reason i ask because collonista snails only come out at night. nassarius comes out when food hits the tank.

 

[saltwaterinbrooklyn]

No these suckers climb out of the rocks the moment I feed the tank

 

[savage]

No these suckers climb out of the rocks the moment I feed the tank

NEWS FLASH!! Don't feed the animals. .LOL.. What up salty!!!

Sent from my SPH-L900 using Reefs

 

[jedimaster1138]

Nassarius snails don't eat algae. That's probably why some people think they are useless. They do, however demolish anything meaty. Food, poop, dead stuff, etc. Any time I've lost a fish or a clam they've been all over it. And yeah, they just...appear out of no where when I feed. Great sense of smell. Good sand mixers too.

Zombie snails!

 

[saltwaterinbrooklyn]

Yup that's them alright , and hey savage where have u been bro?

 

[savage]

Yup that's them alright , and hey savage where have u been bro?

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