Banded Trochus Snails Broadcast Spawning

[TedsReef]

Hey everyone. My banded trochus snails are broadcast spawning in my 20g. It's fairly new and currently has snails and 2 coral - no fish yet.

My questions:
Should I do a major wc? If so, what percent? I don't want a tank full of baby snails and I'm concerned about water quality.

Should I remove one of the banded snails so I won't deal with this in the future? 20g tank isn't much and theres quite a lot of eggs floating about.

If I keep both snails in there and consider this a food source (of course not a main food source but a 'snack' for future tank inhabitants) - what sort of fish/creatures would consider snails broadcast spawning a feast?

Pic is below - all the things floating in the water column that look like bubbles are actually eggs.

 

[James M]

Free snails ! I would just let “nature” take its course. I don’t see how the snails would affect the water quality.

 

[saltyhog]

Agree. A small percentage will make it to adulthood and you can give or sell any that survive. Once you have fish they will learn to appreciate the extra meal with spawns.

 

[TedsReef]

Gotcha, thanks! I'll leave them in. There was so much in the tank I wasn't sure how many would be successful - worried about the die off and if calcium would be depleted substantially if a ton started growing.

 

[TessGlo]

It's fun to find the tiny snails in all sizes, I often find them in my sump, so it gives you yet another reason to make sure you inspect/clean you pumps regularly