Baby snails?

[PolandSpring]

i've never seen this before.. but tonight i was just looking at my tank before i got into bed and i saw these mini snail-like creatures on my glass...then i saw a bigger one of them about 3-4mm...What are these? are they baby snails? And are they good or bad or what should i know about them?

 

[ZANYMASTER]

Perhaps Pyramid snails,If so,bad.

 

[D1J8Z]

if it walks like a duck and quacks like a duck

 

[PolandSpring]

how do i get rid of them????

 

[PolandSpring]

yah.. i was just reading about them... im 90% sure that is what i have.. i see tons of them on my sandbed also... does any1 know how to get rid of them?!?!?!?

 

[Chiefmcfuz]

Some wrasses eat them.

These 2 books are great to have on hand for ID purposes.

http://www.amazon.com/dp/1890087661/?tag=reefs04-20

http://www.amazon.com/dp/1890087386/?tag=reefs04-20

I use them every day almost!

 

[PolandSpring]

well i have a hogens wrasse ..would that eat them? and should i just start looking for them and start grabbing them out of the tank?

 

[PurpleTang]

lol adam you dont have a hogens wrasse you have a hoevens wrasse or how ever you spell it lol

 

[House of Laughter]

Hoeven's is the correct spelling - and yes, any of the Halichoeres species usually eat pyramidae snails.

House

lol adam you dont have a hogens wrasse you have a hoevens wrasse or how ever you spell it lol

 

[PolandSpring]

now im second guessing and im thinking they can also be a rissiod snail...how do i tell the difference? and what are rissiod snails?

 

[PolandSpring]

I found a picture on the internet of what im pretty sure it looks like..can't take a picture myself bc they are too small and they all disapeared when i turned the lights on to find a moth that just flew in my room



Rissoid Snail:

(It looks more like the Rissoid snail from what i saw when it was crawling on my glass...i just its little tenticles unlike the pyramid snail)

Pyramid Snail:

 

[DevIouS]

No fish will eat enough to eradicate the problem & Pyramids are nocturnal....fish are not.
The only way to tell if it's a Rissoid is to take one out. Rissoids will have - Operculums - at the opening. Pyramids do not.

- Previous thread -

 

[PolandSpring]

also... i took a look at my snails and there are no signs of pyramid snails on them..could that mean anything?

 

[PolandSpring]

i've been doing some research from these two sites :
http://reefkeeping.com/issues/2008-02/nftt/index.php
http://www.reefland.com/rho/2006/05/identify_rissoid_pyramidellid_snails.php
and im starting to think that they are rissoid snails.. the next thing i ll have to do to be certain is take one out of the tank to see if it consists of a operculum

But i've also heard leopard wrasses will eat them.

 

[DevIouS]

But i've also heard leopard wrasses will eat them.

No fish will eat enough to eradicate the problem & Pyramids are nocturnal....fish are not.

Good luck.