Turbos

[fastbackgly]

This isn't extremely exciting, but about a week ago I started noticing tiny white things on my glass at night, after the lights went off. After a while they got bigger and I could see they were baby snails with stripes on their shells just like the turbos. Apparently, my pair of turbos mated without me noticing and now I have around 100 baby snails roaming my tank at night. It's actually pretty cool. So if you want to propagate something easy, get some snails.

[Ghost_knife]

Awsome...all mine did was get eaten though. Take some pics!

[fastbackgly]

I'll try and get pictures tomorrow. There are a ton of them. I don't what to do once they get bigger. I guess just give them away.

[WeeNe858]

are you sure they're snails? :P

[LonersBlaze]

i always thought turbos were asexual

[WeeNe858]

they do mate.. but can do it them selves.. its just easier to have someone help you :]

[Germanman]

ive seen mine spawn but never any babies. thats pretty cool a pic would rock

[Max]

I really doubt that they are turbos. They have a free swimming larval stage and tend to get torn up in impeller blades. I'd guess that they are some other hitch hiking snail.
cheers
max

[yothereyo]

they do mate.. but can do it them selves.. its just easier to have someone help you :]


lol...thats just funny man.:joke:

[starman]

I've had both trochus and turbo snails reproduce in my tank. I never saw the trochus eggs- but started out with half a dozen larger snails and ended up with a few dozen smaller ones as well (definitely didn't come in on the rock- the tank was 95% base rock).

Turbos- breed like nobodies business- hundreds of the little beggars around (from around half a dozen off another reefer) before I wiped them all out (along with nearly all my acro) just last Christmas.

[Reefscape]

i would agree with Max here...I would say the white swirls on the glass are filter feeders and not snails...

Niko