Banded Trochus Snail Spawning - Page 2

Nanook · 05/20/2014, 11:04 PM

Definitely not Trochus snails.

Avgou · 05/23/2014, 01:34 PM

I think they are Trochus. I will try take a pic tonight when I clean the skimmer and socks.

Avgou · 05/23/2014, 03:23 PM

Trochus - pyramid like and definitely not collanista snails. I can see the tentacle like hairs on the foot area too.

Sugar Magnolia · 05/23/2014, 03:56 PM

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Originally Posted by Avgou

Trochus - pyramid like and definitely not collanista snails. I can see the tentacle like hairs on the foot area too.

Yes, baby trochus. I've found a few baby banded trochus that have survived the larval stage in my tank before.

Nanook · 05/23/2014, 04:42 PM

Those look like trochus snails to me as well

madadi · 05/27/2014, 11:04 AM

nice!!! I'm a believer now haha need to buy some snails.

Now my next question is, do you have filter socks in your sump. I wonder if they can still survive with filter sock use.

Avgou · 05/30/2014, 08:31 AM

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Originally Posted by madadi

nice!!! I'm a believer now haha need to buy some snails.

Now my next question is, do you have filter socks in your sump. I wonder if they can still survive with filter sock use.

I have 1 filter sock. I've been checking them every time I pull them out. Found one on the outside of one once. Last night I counted over 12 babies that I could see. A couple of them are the size of a pencil eraser!! From sand granule to pencil eraser. I'll have to update with more pics.

Reasons they may be spawning. I had a bryopsis outbreak and raised the mg to 1800 ppm. I'm lowering now though through water changes. Lights are on for 10.5 hours (dawn dusk bulbs). Also all I have besides my clownfish pair are 6 scarlet reef hermits and some Astraea snails, there not much to eat them. I see some of the babies in my overflows on the return and overflow pipes. 10 of the 12 were in the tank though...

Avgou · 06/12/2014, 04:40 PM

Update I've counted over twenty that I can see!!

There are like 3 to 4 different sizes of them. See below!

Reeffwkeeper · 06/18/2014, 09:02 PM

My tank has had 2 trochus spawning events that I've noticed. Five baby snails survived each event. I have a filter sock. Curiously, I've found all trochus snails in the refugium. I wait until they are nickel sized to move them into the display tank. That, or the wrasse would make a great meal of them.

My trochus population has exploded. I wonder if my LFS would be willing to buy them if this continues!

madadi · 06/18/2014, 09:28 PM

what kind of macro you have in the fuge? I find some of the algae eating inverts need some kind of macro to settle out of larval stage.

Avgou · 06/18/2014, 10:45 PM

I too have found them in my fuge and pill them out if they are near the water surface. At this point I see well over 30 and again all different sizes. Many of them are now pinky size if not bigger. I do not run a refugium at this moment. The DT has like 7 or 8 small clumps of Cheatos growing and I don't see them near it. They were originally spotted in two areas and mostly within the rocks. Sump had only tiny ones...hmmm

Big boy...

triscene · 09/10/2017, 01:23 AM

What do you suggest to increase the chance of survival for these babies?
When i set up my tank, they really liked it and i got around 80 babies. Now after two years i fot few spawnings but no babies.
I just had this event today in the morning so i turned off my skimmer for some time. Maybe day or two? Good idea?

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Sk8r · 09/10/2017, 01:13 PM

Be sure they have enough calcium to grow shell: 420 is good Likewise a DKH of 8.3 to help it stay dissolved and useable.

Rakie · 09/11/2017, 02:20 AM

They will breed regularly. Whenever I sell a frag I toss in 2-3 baby trochus.

05/20/2014, 11:04 PM	#26
Nanook Ancient Eskimo Legend Join Date: Mar 2001 Location: Saint Louis, MO Posts: 41,852 Blog Entries: 11	Definitely not Trochus snails. __________________ The wind blew, the chit flew, and then they came two by two. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Current Tank Info: 375g Tanganyikan Tank & 470g mixed reef

05/23/2014, 01:34 PM	#27
Avgou Premium Member Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Western Mass Posts: 170	I think they are Trochus. I will try take a pic tonight when I clean the skimmer and socks. __________________ ~ Avgou (Hi LFS Creeper) Current Tank Info: DSA 105 Rimless on Custom Stand, TS Emerald 34, Hydra 52 HDs, BM Curve 7, Neptune Controlled.

05/23/2014, 03:23 PM	#28
Avgou Premium Member Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Western Mass Posts: 170	Trochus - pyramid like and definitely not collanista snails. I can see the tentacle like hairs on the foot area too. __________________ ~ Avgou (Hi LFS Creeper) Current Tank Info: DSA 105 Rimless on Custom Stand, TS Emerald 34, Hydra 52 HDs, BM Curve 7, Neptune Controlled.

05/23/2014, 04:42 PM	#30
Nanook Ancient Eskimo Legend Join Date: Mar 2001 Location: Saint Louis, MO Posts: 41,852 Blog Entries: 11	Those look like trochus snails to me as well __________________ The wind blew, the chit flew, and then they came two by two. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Current Tank Info: 375g Tanganyikan Tank & 470g mixed reef

05/27/2014, 11:04 AM	#31
madadi ReefOG Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Morton grove, IL Posts: 3,976	nice!!! I'm a believer now haha need to buy some snails. Now my next question is, do you have filter socks in your sump. I wonder if they can still survive with filter sock use. __________________ -~adrian~- LETS TRADE YUMAS Current Tank Info: Glass box.

06/12/2014, 04:40 PM	#33
Avgou Premium Member Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Western Mass Posts: 170	Update I've counted over twenty that I can see!! There are like 3 to 4 different sizes of them. See below! __________________ ~ Avgou (Hi LFS Creeper) Current Tank Info: DSA 105 Rimless on Custom Stand, TS Emerald 34, Hydra 52 HDs, BM Curve 7, Neptune Controlled.

06/18/2014, 09:02 PM	#34
Reeffwkeeper Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2012 Location: NJ Posts: 71	My tank has had 2 trochus spawning events that I've noticed. Five baby snails survived each event. I have a filter sock. Curiously, I've found all trochus snails in the refugium. I wait until they are nickel sized to move them into the display tank. That, or the wrasse would make a great meal of them. My trochus population has exploded. I wonder if my LFS would be willing to buy them if this continues!

06/18/2014, 09:28 PM	#35
madadi ReefOG Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Morton grove, IL Posts: 3,976	what kind of macro you have in the fuge? I find some of the algae eating inverts need some kind of macro to settle out of larval stage. __________________ -~adrian~- LETS TRADE YUMAS Current Tank Info: Glass box.

06/18/2014, 10:45 PM	#36
Avgou Premium Member Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Western Mass Posts: 170	I too have found them in my fuge and pill them out if they are near the water surface. At this point I see well over 30 and again all different sizes. Many of them are now pinky size if not bigger. I do not run a refugium at this moment. The DT has like 7 or 8 small clumps of Cheatos growing and I don't see them near it. They were originally spotted in two areas and mostly within the rocks. Sump had only tiny ones...hmmm Big boy... __________________ ~ Avgou (Hi LFS Creeper) Current Tank Info: DSA 105 Rimless on Custom Stand, TS Emerald 34, Hydra 52 HDs, BM Curve 7, Neptune Controlled.

09/10/2017, 01:23 AM	#37
triscene Registered Member Join Date: Sep 2013 Posts: 45	What do you suggest to increase the chance of survival for these babies? When i set up my tank, they really liked it and i got around 80 babies. Now after two years i fot few spawnings but no babies. I just had this event today in the morning so i turned off my skimmer for some time. Maybe day or two? Good idea? Odoslané z D5503 pomocou Tapatalku

09/10/2017, 01:13 PM	#38
Sk8r RC Mod Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Spokane WA Posts: 34,628 Blog Entries: 55	Be sure they have enough calcium to grow shell: 420 is good Likewise a DKH of 8.3 to help it stay dissolved and useable. __________________ Sk8r Salinity 1.024-6; alkalinity 8.3-9.3 on KH scale; calcium 420; magnesium 1300, temp 78-80, nitrate .2. Ammonia 0. No filters: lps tank. Alk and cal won't rise if mg is low. Current Tank Info: 105g AquaVim wedge, yellow tang, sailfin blenny,royal gramma, ocellaris clown pair, yellow watchman, 100 microceriths, 25 tiny hermits, a 4" conch, 1" nassarius, recovering from 2 year hiatus with daily water change of 10%.

09/11/2017, 02:20 AM	#39
Rakie In Memoriam Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Huntington Beach, CA Posts: 3,059	They will breed regularly. Whenever I sell a frag I toss in 2-3 baby trochus.