Any fellow nerds out there?

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I have been interested in Cerithiopsidae species lately, as well as other micro snails. Anyone else interested in these creatures?

I have questions like - do these creatures get regularly eaten by (the types of animals we keep in aquaria)? Are they irritants to corals? Do they keep in captivity? Do they breed in captivity? Etc.. I wish I had the time and amount of experiment tanks to really do more research on these guys, but I do not. they are so small and must be watched so closely. On the other hand, if you share my interest, I can collect species that eat various types of nuisance epiphytic algae, and perhaps bryozoans and encrusting sponges that grow on algae (my particular area of current interest) for you. Not much is known about a lot of these species, they number in the billions, and you can probably have a shot at legitimately advancing some scientific knowledge about the species. All you really need is an experiment tank, and some time to post. A jeweler's loupe or something like that couldn't hurt either.

 

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No bandwidth to help right now, but this is very interesting. I think the likelihood that they would clog pumps will prevent much interest from the general reefkeeping community. What do you think?