Tiny Little Snails only at night?

[fredro]

ok so i have been searching for pods at night with a flashlight and every night about an hour after the lights go out, the live rock becomes covered with hundreds of tiny (5mm if that) brown shelled snails. then by morning, they're all hiding away somewhere. along with them are small all while snails with long pointy shells? i guess any life is good life so they cant be bad. tank is also infested with spaghetti worms........ infested, i'd rather have them than not have 'em, they clean up the sand bed quite well.

 

[crox99]

They might be pyramid snails.

 

[DevIouS]

First one sounds like Collonista Snails = good to have

Second sounds like Pyramid Snails = NOT good to have

 

[REEF MANIA]

Hello I been noticing alot of spagetti worms on my rocks lately how do you get rid of them I don't like the look on my rocks.

 

[fredro]

devious, both right!
so whats the pyramid snail deal?

 

[e.muehlbauer]

Some pyramidellid snails feed on clams...and they can be pretty bad. Others just hang out on Astrea shells. I once sent a few of those snails to Ron Shimek, who told me not to worry about them. I haven't seen them in years...my tricolor wrasse must have eaten them all.

 

[crox99]

devious, both right!
so whats the pyramid snail deal?

Try to removed them manually at night when they come out.

 

[masterswimmer]

Hello I been noticing alot of spagetti worms on my rocks lately how do you get rid of them I don't like the look on my rocks.

They're part of a nicely maturing system, why mess with it? Our ultimate goal is to recreate a healthy reef. Be fortunate you've got them, not everyone does.

swimmer