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One of my favorite things to do at night is to turn on a flashlight and observe my tank. All sorts of fascinating little creatures come out or skitter away into the holes in the rocks or into detritus. I do this often and have found aiptasia hidden in rock crevices, one night I found a lonely little 1.5” Bristle Worm that I immediately removed with tweezers and hit with Calcium Hydroxide. Sturdy little guys...he curled around for quite some time before I had to hit him again and finally he succumbed. I am watching the copepods starting to get a little too plentiful for my taste and am going to have to bring in some predators to knock the population down a bit. Moderation is key...Tonight, at moonlight I merely looked into the tank and observed 100s of bright tiny spots all over the rocks, glass and bare bottom of my tank. With further investigation, I found these tiny bright spots were tiny little snails. If there weren’t so many of them, I might have been relieved. I checked the forum and found several posts on outbreaks of tiny snails and photos, but would appreciate confirmation that these are the Collinista amakusaensis? I have several very helpful, happy Trochus snails and have also recently adopted a few new corals from very reputable sources. The adoptions happened approximately one month ago. Any help in identification these little creatures or confirmation they are Collinista snails will be appreciated. In the photos, these guys are extremely small. Smaller than a BB.
Teeny Tiny...Thanks Much! JL
Teeny Tiny...Thanks Much! JL