Baby narite snails hatched

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I have baby narite snails that have hatched. When I clean my socks they are full of them. I have them all over my glass and rocks. Should I remove some or just let them be. My tank is 180 so I have room. Just don’t know if they will have enough to eat. Any opinions?

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Lucky you!

I don't think they will do any damage. And yes, many, maybe even most of them won't survive long term. Do you have any carnivores in the CUC or fish that will eat the ones that die?
 
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The only things that might possibly eat them would be hermit crabs unless a serpent star or sand sifter would eat them. Maybe the nas snails if they smell it
 

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Are you sure they're nerites? They look like collonista snails to me. Collonistas get about the size of a BB pellet, and breed in large numbers, like you've described. Have any of yours grown to anything like proper nerite size?

If they're collonistas, they'll be fine. If they're nerites, you'll probably want to rehome some once they grow bigger. I'm sure you can find some takers.
 
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