Any fish that will help eat snail outbreak?

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Any fish that will help eat snail outbreak
I have thousands of baby trochus

Yes I know they are good and leave them alone yada yada
but its a grow out zoa system and its to the point where the sheer volume is affecting the corals ability to properly open

Do you know of any fish that will eat them ?

Have tried yellow corris and melanurus wrasse with no luck

Thanks !

 

[P-Dub]

Triggers will. Alternatively, if you have that many, sell them in the livestock thread...

 

[minus9]

I'm sure your LFS will take them in on trade? But, yeah, there are plenty of reefers out there that would be willing to buy them from you. If you were local to me, I would buy some.

 

[Jesterrace]

Trochus are a bit more pricey right now. Have you considered getting a bunch of them and selling them to your LFS?

 

[eatbreakfast]

What size is the system?

 

[nereefpat]

Puffers, depending on tank size.

 

[dputt88]

Ship them all to me ill take all of your trochus snails. seriously

 

[OrionN]

There are several species of small snail that look like small Trocus that reproduce in our reef system. They don't get larger than about a few mm, less than 1/8 inch. These are not Trocus.
There is Trocus from Indonesia that does reproduce in our tank. These Trocus get to about an inch size. I got all of these in my tank. Since your got "thousands of baby trochus", IMO, you don"t really have Trocus but one of these smaller snails. True trocus will grow quickly to > 1/2 inch size.
Regardless, you can get some of the wrasse, like Melanurus which will decimate the tiny baby. They wont eat the larger snails, but slowly remove the larger snails and sell them will eventually get these snail population down to lower level.
You can also get a Harlequin Tusk if your tank is large. Guarantee the Tusk will essentially eliminate all snails below 1/8 of an inch quickly, in term of weeks.

 

[BigJohnny]

Trochus populations self regulate, at least my banded trochus do. I'm not sure what you have are trochus, but if they are, you must have some killer food source that is allowing them to multiply to the point your corals cant open. Pics?

 

[Bfaxi]

I’ve been having a snail problem too. Theyre all over, glass, rocks, they get in the guts of my mp40 at night, so when I start to hear shells grinding I get to take it all apart and clean it. (About once a week)

 

[Gone Tidepoolin]

My lunar wrasse ate every snail I put in the tank. If it could be knocked off or pulled off a rock or glass it was gone! Good luck!

 

[mkwarner77]

I've had peppermint shrimp that would pull snails off the rock and glass.

 

[Dan Snyder]

Have the same exact problem! I have to take off my MP40’s daily Bc they get inside! Just added a Australian tusk let u know if he does the job, but it’s seriously out of control!

 

[Chad3407]

Those look to be collonista snails. I have the same in my tank and they clog up my mp40 every couple days .

 

[AdamNC]

Collonista Snails. In time they will self regulate when food runs out.

Do they look like this?

 

[OrionN]

Usually no the Collonista snails that stop up my pump, it the Strombus, with much harder shell that is the problem for me. Regardless, these Stomatella and Trocus only reproduce in my sump. in DT, my Harlequin Tusk eat all the babies.

 

[BiggestE22]

I'm sure your LFS will take them in on trade? But, yeah, there are plenty of reefers out there that would be willing to buy them from you. If you were local to me, I would buy some.

Same issue. Several in the sump. Once lights go off there may be a 100 of so babies on the glass.

 

[i cant think]

Any fish that will help eat snail outbreak
I have thousands of baby trochus

Yes I know they are good and leave them alone yada yada
but its a grow out zoa system and its to the point where the sheer volume is affecting the corals ability to properly open

Do you know of any fish that will eat them ?

Have tried yellow corris and melanurus wrasse with no luck

Thanks !

Halichoeres wrasses. The Pink streaked wrasses do this job too but Halichoeres do it just a tad bit better.

 

[Marc625]

I’ve been having a snail problem too. Theyre all over, glass, rocks, they get in the guts of my mp40 at night, so when I start to hear shells grinding I get to take it all apart and clean it. (About once a week)