Astrea baby snails?

[quangtam7]

[I saw one of astrea snail carries a bunch of baby snails ~1/16" , they are all over the shell. My tank has only astrea and nassarius snails, these baby snails have long shell and does not resemble the mother snail. Are baby snails born with long shell?]

 

[quangtam7]

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[kwl1763]

[They are probably hitchhikers!

They look to me like bad news preditory snails.

See the threads below.

http://www.reefcentral.com/forums....+snails
http://www.reefcentral.com/forums....+snails

Not trying to scare you but that is just what they look like to me!]

 

[quangtam7]

[Pretty scary!! Thanks.]

 

[tx29fan]

[I say..good call Keith ! :bow:]

 

[melev]

[Keith, I would have guessed they were baby Ceriths. Thanks for those links!]

 

[scotts]

[Oh boy. I have these too, but they're only coming out at night.]

 

[Amanda]

[Looks like Pyramidellid snails. They arent all predatory and bad though. There are so many species you can never be certain.
However, if you have clams do keep a very close eye on them.]

 

[GraviT]

[I'm still fighting an infestation of pyramidellids that came in on my squamosa clam. I didn't know what they were at the time so I let them be...bad choice! :taz: They only seem to like the clam and astrea snails, my fighting conch, cerith and turbos are all pyramidellid free. At least they grab on to something that I can easily take out of the tank and remove the buggers with a soft toothbrush.

I have to do this with my clam at least once a week, I just take him out of the tank and over to the sink to gently brush the snails off. Clams will tolerate being removed from the water for a few minutes, just be sure to rock them back and forth to get the air bubbles out when you return them to the tank.]