4 Snails Came outof no where. HELP!!!!!!

AJ51 · March 4th, 2009

Ive had my tank now for about 4 months, but got the live rock 2 months ago. I came home from school yesterday and noticed 3 snails about a nanometer big. Today I found one about a millimeter big. I cant get pictures because they're too small (sorry). Is this a good thing or a bad thing?

Hypnox · March 4th, 2009

Depends on what they look like. I would suggest going over to http://www.xtalworld.com/Aquarium/hitchfaq.htm and attempting to ID them. Some snails are good, some snails are bad.

AJ51 · March 4th, 2009

Quote:

Originally Posted by Hypnox

Depends on what they look like. I would suggest going over to http://www.xtalworld.com/Aquarium/hitchfaq.htm and attempting to ID them. Some snails are good, some snails are bad.

Thanks for the help. I think they may be limpets, but they're too small to tell which kind. what are the most common limpet hitchhikers?

Hypnox · March 4th, 2009

Depends on what region of the world your live rock came from. I'm not very well versed in different types of limpets.

Matt · March 4th, 2009

Congrats on the snails man although as Hypnox said "some snails are not good".

-Matt

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