snails?

Hi all, I added some live rock to my tank. It was the most algae covered
rock at the LFS and it was in the "rubble" tank. It had been donated to them
by someone who dismantled their tank prior to a move.

Now a few months later, I am having a snail problem. I remove about a
hundred tiny little snails a week, but can't seem to get them under control.
I don't suppose there is a fish that would eat these guys but would leave my
"regular" snails alone?

Any advice on getting them under control?

They look a little like mexican turbo snails if I let them get big enough,
but they are a mottled brown color.

Thanks....

Slimey snotty little snails sure suck up detrius slime huh scumbag?
There fun to put in a microwave and watch em explode and get
steamed.........

On Sun, 22 Apr 2007 23:47:21 -0400, "August West"
wrote:

Hi all, I added some live rock to my tank. It was the most algae covered
rock at the LFS and it was in the "rubble" tank. It had been donated to them
by someone who dismantled their tank prior to a move.

Now a few months later, I am having a snail problem. I remove about a
hundred tiny little snails a week, but can't seem to get them under control.
I don't suppose there is a fish that would eat these guys but would leave my
"regular" snails alone?

Any advice on getting them under control?

They look a little like mexican turbo snails if I let them get big enough,
but they are a mottled brown color.

Thanks....




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I forgot more about ponds and koi than I'll ever know!

I don't know what you can do to get them under control, but you may want to
set up another (small) tank to harvest the snails, then call your local LFS
for a possible trade in for something you really want. Even if you only get
store credit, you're still ahead of the game.









"August West" wrote in message
...
Hi all, I added some live rock to my tank. It was the most algae covered
rock at the LFS and it was in the "rubble" tank. It had been donated to
them by someone who dismantled their tank prior to a move.

Now a few months later, I am having a snail problem. I remove about a
hundred tiny little snails a week, but can't seem to get them under
control. I don't suppose there is a fish that would eat these guys but
would leave my "regular" snails alone?

Any advice on getting them under control?

They look a little like mexican turbo snails if I let them get big enough,
but they are a mottled brown color.

Thanks....

Hi..

about a hundred tiny little snails a week, but
can't seem to get them under control.

Euplica versicolor..?

--
cu
Marco

I've heard that the six-line wrasse is really good at keeping baby snails
under control. They are good community fish too. But they are really
curious about anything new added to the tank.
"August West" wrote in message
...
Hi all, I added some live rock to my tank. It was the most algae covered
rock at the LFS and it was in the "rubble" tank. It had been donated to
them by someone who dismantled their tank prior to a move.

Now a few months later, I am having a snail problem. I remove about a
hundred tiny little snails a week, but can't seem to get them under
control. I don't suppose there is a fish that would eat these guys but
would leave my "regular" snails alone?

Any advice on getting them under control?

They look a little like mexican turbo snails if I let them get big enough,
but they are a mottled brown color.

Thanks....

Not Euplica Versicolor, unfortunately. Those look good, but these have a
plain old spiral shell, dark brown, almost black. If I let any get to 5 mm
or so, they begin to get light brown markings
"Marco Schwarz" wrote in message
...
Hi..

about a hundred tiny little snails a week, but
can't seem to get them under control.

Euplica versicolor..?

--
cu
Marco

Thanks. I was looking at one of those last wek. I'll get one and see if it
likes these things
"mikesb" wrote in message
. ..
I've heard that the six-line wrasse is really good at keeping baby snails
under control. They are good community fish too. But they are really
curious about anything new added to the tank.
"August West" wrote in message
...
Hi all, I added some live rock to my tank. It was the most algae covered
rock at the LFS and it was in the "rubble" tank. It had been donated to
them by someone who dismantled their tank prior to a move.

Now a few months later, I am having a snail problem. I remove about a
hundred tiny little snails a week, but can't seem to get them under
control. I don't suppose there is a fish that would eat these guys but
would leave my "regular" snails alone?

Any advice on getting them under control?

They look a little like mexican turbo snails if I let them get big
enough, but they are a mottled brown color.

Thanks....

I would not worry about them. You are not likely to
have a problem with an overpopulation of snails in a
reef tank.

Wayne Sallee
Wayne's Pets


August West wrote on 4/22/2007 10:47 PM:
Hi all, I added some live rock to my tank. It was the most algae covered
rock at the LFS and it was in the "rubble" tank. It had been donated to them
by someone who dismantled their tank prior to a move.

Now a few months later, I am having a snail problem. I remove about a
hundred tiny little snails a week, but can't seem to get them under control.
I don't suppose there is a fish that would eat these guys but would leave my
"regular" snails alone?

Any advice on getting them under control?

They look a little like mexican turbo snails if I let them get big enough,
but they are a mottled brown color.

Thanks....

I'm not exagerrating when I say I remove a hundred a week. If I had not benn
removing them I would have at least 1500 snails in an 80 gallon tank by now.
No kidding. I've never seen such before.


"Wayne Sallee" wrote in message
ink.net...
I would not worry about them. You are not likely to have a problem with an
overpopulation of snails in a reef tank.

Wayne Sallee
Wayne's Pets


August West wrote on 4/22/2007 10:47 PM:
Hi all, I added some live rock to my tank. It was the most algae covered
rock at the LFS and it was in the "rubble" tank. It had been donated to
them by someone who dismantled their tank prior to a move.

Now a few months later, I am having a snail problem. I remove about a
hundred tiny little snails a week, but can't seem to get them under
control. I don't suppose there is a fish that would eat these guys but
would leave my "regular" snails alone?

Any advice on getting them under control?

They look a little like mexican turbo snails if I let them get big
enough, but they are a mottled brown color.

Thanks....

That's unusual, but even so, they would decrease
down to normal numbers after the algae was gone.

Wayne Sallee
Wayne's Pets


August West wrote on 4/25/2007 6:35 AM:
I'm not exagerrating when I say I remove a hundred a week. If I had not benn
removing them I would have at least 1500 snails in an 80 gallon tank by now.
No kidding. I've never seen such before.


"Wayne Sallee" wrote in message
ink.net...
I would not worry about them. You are not likely to have a problem with an
overpopulation of snails in a reef tank.

Wayne Sallee
Wayne's Pets


August West wrote on 4/22/2007 10:47 PM:
Hi all, I added some live rock to my tank. It was the most algae covered
rock at the LFS and it was in the "rubble" tank. It had been donated to
them by someone who dismantled their tank prior to a move.

Now a few months later, I am having a snail problem. I remove about a
hundred tiny little snails a week, but can't seem to get them under
control. I don't suppose there is a fish that would eat these guys but
would leave my "regular" snails alone?

Any advice on getting them under control?

They look a little like mexican turbo snails if I let them get big
enough, but they are a mottled brown color.

Thanks....