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DarkRealm Overlord Moderator metal-R-us Posts: 5962 Kudos: 2166 Registered: 23-Sep-2002	Snails shouldnt be a problem at all...there are very few species of snails that would come in on your live rock that would harm anything in your tank. In marine tanks snails = good.
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:40
lil_mikey69 Ultimate Fish Guru Posts: 3180 Kudos: 2380 Votes: 1 Registered: 22-Jan-2003	Snails are not pests in a SW tank. Consider yourself luck you got some freebies.
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:40
dthurs Ultimate Fish Guru Posts: 4340 Kudos: 4170 Votes: 529 Registered: 18-Feb-2003	Keep them, they will clean up teh tank for you. Dan
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:40
Oleta Ultimate Fish Guru You can\'t rollerskate in a buffalo herd Posts: 3397 Kudos: 2260 Votes: 186 Registered: 16-Aug-2001	There are quite a few folks on this forum that have had good luck getting some of their snails to breed.. They are no where near as prolific as most of the pest freshwater snails though.. What did the ones you got rid of look like??
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:40
Azizza Mega Fish Posts: 1134 Kudos: 713 Votes: 0 Registered: 09-Mar-2003	Getting them to breed? LOL Oleta you crack me up. Mine have never stopped breeding. My sump is literally covered in them.
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:40
fishheadfred Fish Addict Posts: 708 Kudos: 653 Votes: 12 Registered: 30-Jul-2003	I fI can find it, I will post a pic of one of my Trochus snails spewing its stuff out in a cloud at the top of the tank.
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:40
dthurs Ultimate Fish Guru Posts: 4340 Kudos: 4170 Votes: 529 Registered: 18-Feb-2003	I bet I have a good 50+ snails in my tank that have spawned. They are small and look like little turbo snails. Dan
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:40


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