Snails for the reef aquarium snails can be a very useful part of a reef tank, consuming algae, detritus and harmful microfauna that can make life difficult for your corals and fish In a sense they act as a janitorial service for your tank. The snail will start raising its shell and snapping it back down, and if a hermit is on top of it they might start twisting their shell back and forth to try to throw the crab off The hermits killed two small astraea snails when i first got them though My ceriths are also much larger than the crabs and there’s been no problems there. Unlike other carnivorous snails the nassarius snail is purely a scavenger
They need fine sand and will bury themselves and move around keeping your sand bed clean They will also roam into crevices in live rock in search of food. My trochus snail has had these colorful for a while now and i’m wondering if they’re harmful/what they are I’ve had some trochus snail eggs hatch recently if that helps! Nerite snail just passed away Lived a good life of algae snacking
I'd like to place the shell back into the tank for hermits Is there a way that doesn't involve gradually letting it rot out. Removing the snail from the aquarium first is key for a successful extraction of the attached vermin I like to see vermitid guts, and rinse them away before returning the snail to it’s duty station All new hard shell critters need to be screened before they can enter a clean tank. Can anyone tell me what this is on my snail shells
Could it be some type of barnical Good or bad?possible on this kinda shell too and see lots at the bottom of this euphillia skeleton below the head? Vigna species, bertoni bean, corkscrew vine, snail flower vigna caracalla 3 vendors has this plant for sale upload image print version view gallery 103 photos Another group have identified as a big vermetid snail The shell is probably in the rock or covered by the zoas. This article discusses some of the slug and snail control products and the dangers of some of these products to our own pets.
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