snails --collinista spp.?

[tomtoothdoc]

need a second opinion on these guys. i have thousands of them. seen them before but last night they were all over the place. they are about 1-2 mm. looks like baby turbo....did some research and think it's a collinista spp. anyone has experience with these?

 

[reefman]

sundial snails?
http://www.melevsreef.com/id/sundial_snail.html

 

[tomtoothdoc]

sundial snails?
http://www.melevsreef.com/id/sundial_snail.html

i don't think it's sundial. the shape and the location of the aperture are not the same. plus the orientation of the sundial seem more upright when it's moving around. just my opinion. thanks for the input.

 

[KathyC]

Not sundials...I tend to agree about the Collinstas.
Do you have adults?

Thousands eh?

 

[tomtoothdoc]

Not sundials...I tend to agree about the Collinstas.
Do you have adults?

Thousands eh?

they are all about that size. i do have 3 giant snails from a trade....was told they were giant turbo...or mexican turbo....something like that. can't remember the detail, it was a year ago??? they are about 2-2 1/2". could it possibly be their babies?.....i doubt it though.

ok may be hundreds....lol or may be 50....lol... no really at least 100 that i can see. they only come out at night.

 

[KathyC]

Could be

Snails have babies in our tanks more frequently than a lot of folks notice..but they usually get eaten..so maybe you did start out with thousands

 

[tomtoothdoc]

hahaha....may be i'll post them on the for sale thread.....rare tank raised picasso red hornet watermelon swissguard illuminati snails....they will protect all your corals from all sorts of bad predators...$200 for a 1mm size.....then i can pay off my pp bill from the pre-swap purchases.....lol

 

[rookie07]

I have them also...have had them for over 1 year, and have never noticed any issues with them.

They never really go near any corals(stayed on 1 rock for almost 1 year, have finally started to spread), and only come out at night.

 

[smoq]

hahaha....may be i'll post them on the for sale thread.....rare tank raised picasso red hornet watermelon swissguard illuminati snails....they will protect all your corals from all sorts of bad predators...$200 for a 1mm size.....then i can pay off my pp bill from the pre-swap purchases.....lol

Haha, do that as I have a couple of them in my tank as well so we can do a group sell Don't forget to mention that they (prhwsi snails) eat all sort of algae and detritus in matter of hours and poop coraline