I Hit the Trochus Snail Lottery!
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trevorhiller
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I saw mine spawning on April 11th (i know because I made a post about it). Just started seeing them in the last 2 weeks or so. However, I did move to a new tank during that time frame so I potentially lost some eggs or maybe they just take a while to hatch.
I will say they seem to grow quickly though. There are a couple pushing about 1 cm diameter now.
I've also noticed a bunch of limpets as well. I spotted one the other week and someone on here was kind enough to ID it for me and now I have probably 6 of them that are always out in view. I do believe they might be breeding as well. Ironically, I never added one--it must have come in on live rock or the eggs did.
Hadla
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Strange that you mention it cause I have lots on the glass in my 75g! They’re so cute
Bucs20fan
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I feel you @Rick's Reviews I have around 20 nassarius in my tank, I have a deep sand bed and they do a great service. But man oh man, Idk how the heck they know, but if its a full moon, my glass is literally plagued with nassarius eggs. I mean everywhere and ive got a 4ft tank. Ive never seen a baby but I hear its rare they live anyway.
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trevorhiller
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Yeah.... I have a ton of them in my sump now. I'm worried about them making their way into my pumps but we shall see.
ZombieEngineer
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Make sure you have enough to breed. If you only have 2, there is a 25% chance you have all male or all female. If you only have 4, there is a 6% change all are one sex.
Trochus don't lay eggs, they release them into the water column when water parameters are favorable.
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trevorhiller
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I’m not sure what the ideal conditions are to replicate in the tanks, however, my tank was only a few months old when I saw them spawning.
I think the more you have the more likely they are to reproduce, but I wouldn’t go crazy because I started with 3 and now have 70+ plus in various stages of development.
I haven’t seen many empty shells, so I do believe that you can have quite a few in the tank without them starving each other out. For me, this is about 1 per gallon (although they are all currently smaller than what you would buy from a store) and I still have plenty of visible algae even with urchins and crabs in the tank.
I’m sure if you bought one for every 3-5 gallons or maybe 4-5 for smaller nano tanks, this would be good amount.
I think the more you have the more likely they are to reproduce, but I wouldn’t go crazy because I started with 3 and now have 70+ plus in various stages of development.
I haven’t seen many empty shells, so I do believe that you can have quite a few in the tank without them starving each other out. For me, this is about 1 per gallon (although they are all currently smaller than what you would buy from a store) and I still have plenty of visible algae even with urchins and crabs in the tank.
I’m sure if you bought one for every 3-5 gallons or maybe 4-5 for smaller nano tanks, this would be good amount.
Glowurm
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I love these snails, but i feel kinda bad, i have in excess of 300 of them now and the local LFS cant take them back until they reach a reasonable size. Gonna have a lot of dead snails on my hands as my tank wont be able to support them...
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trevorhiller
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You would be surprised how many your tank can support. How big is your tank?I love these snails, but i feel kinda bad, i have in excess of 300 of them now and the local LFS cant take them back until they reach a reasonable size. Gonna have a lot of dead snails on my hands as my tank wont be able to support them...
You could always try mailing them to a fellow reefer if you definitively believe you have too many, but I would probably just leave them alone. If there wasn’t available food in your tank, I don’t think they would be spawning.
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