Baby snails!!!

[Jojo1628]

I just found out all over the glass wall there are mini white particles that shapes like this...

I have two turbo snails, and I see that on one of the turbo there are many little hair, it's white/clear and looks fuzzy, the other snail has these white things on it...are these what they look like BABY SNAILS??? I have tons of these on the glass wall...i thought they are hard to breed captive...

 

[dustin_P74]

they are only hard to breed cause fish like to make the eggs a snack, thats the only problem you run into, congrats on the store credit man

 

[Brat]

Do the ones on the Turbo snails look like this?

Supposedly they are parasites and not good. I hope none of them are parasites.
http://www.xtalworld.com/Aquarium/hitchfaq.htm

 

[Bifferwine]

Those aren't baby snails. See the tiny fans on the ends of them? Those are feather duster worms. Common hitchhikers to find on the glass.

 

[dustin_P74]

brat if you look closely at the picture he put up you can see the "hair" looking things at the top of the snail

 

[Brat]

yeah, but I was wondering what was on the snails too. So feather dusters will take a ride on snails too? Since Jojo was saying there were white things on his snail too I just wanted to be sure they weren't parasites and just something else that's harmless.

 

[Bifferwine]

Snail shells can get hitch hikers growing on them too. I've seen hitch hikers on my hermit crab shells too. It's kind of unusual, but can happen. I have a hermit crab with a xenia growing on its shell.

 

[dustin_P74]

hahaha

 

[Brat]

wow, I gotta see more pictures of these riders on Snail shells. That sounds really cool.

 

[Jojo1628]

wow..what should I do to get them under control?? I have to see so many potential worms coming later, should I clean the glasses now? any fish or snails feed on them?

 

[dustin_P74]

if they hatch you could always take a huge bag full to the LFS and get some store credit for them

 

[Bifferwine]

They stay very small, so you're not going to get any store credit for them. Just scrape them off of the glass if you don't want them there.

 

[dustin_P74]

oh darn, there goes my idea

 

[Jojo1628]

So here's another pic of the snail w/ the fuzzy like things growing...it's shell was very clear when I got him, but two months later turn into this...is this safe?

 

[dustin_P74]

holy crap thats a big snail

 

[dustin_P74]

oh shit i feel like a moron, its just really zoomed in lol

 

[Bifferwine]

That just looks like algae and foraminifera to me. No worries about those.

 

[Jojo1628]

oh shit i feel like a moron, its just really zoomed in lol

haha...I tried :Cheers:

Those fuzzy things kinda branches out at the tip...that makes it a little weird

 

[Brat]

oh shit i feel like a moron, its just really zoomed in lol

:mrgreen::mrgreen: that was funny.

 

[Piggy]

I have several of them but mine are in the sump and the overflow section. I just let them be.