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My tank is super hazy and i see white stuff spewing out of my truchous snail. Isthis spawning or is my tank being nuked. Help please. Should i do a water change ?
 

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Sounds like a spawn.
How large is the tank?
Make up some water for a water change just in case you need it.
Test basic chemistry ammonia.
Post an image if able.
 
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Sounds like a spawn.
How large is the tank?
Make up some water for a water change just in case you need it.
Test basic chemistry ammonia.
Post an image if able.
Un able to get a video but i think it is a spawn it looks like this guys spawning troucus and its a 25 gallon all in one densely packed with coral im freaking out right now big time
 
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Heres before and during this incident pics to show how milky this thing is
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Im hoping its a spawn, thatd be a big indicator of the quality of water im keeping and a big boost in confidence. Really hoping it is because the coral should get a big boost of energy

If it happened all at once and you didn't dose anything recently or you have a ATO with kalkwasser in it and it dumped a ton of it in all at once, then it was as you said, a snail spawn.

Test your water pramameters for reassurance.
 
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If it happened all at once and you didn't dose anything recently or you have a ATO with kalkwasser in it and it dumped a ton of it in all at once, then it was as you said, a snail spawn.
I checked my dosing resivors they are good i dont dose kalk any more. And im visualy seeing this snail spewing white streams of whatever that then disperses into a clound throughout the tank. This is by far the wildest thing ive ever seen in the hobby. Only downfall is now my 5 year old who is fascinated with the reef tank is asking what spawning is soooooo yeah should be a fun talk lol. Honestly guys i was worried this snail was posioning my tank somehow and thats why i posted here. I fraged some stuff took it to a buddy was go e for an hour and when i came back this is what i found. Honestly went into a full blown panic.
 

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I checked my dosing resivors they are good i dont dose kalk any more. And im visualy seeing this snail spewing white streams of whatever that then disperses into a clound throughout the tank. This is by far the wildest thing ive ever seen in the hobby. Only downfall is now my 5 year old who is fascinated with the reef tank is asking what spawning is soooooo yeah should be a fun talk lol. Honestly guys i was worried this snail was posioning my tank somehow and thats why i posted here. I fraged some stuff took it to a buddy was go e for an hour and when i came back this is what i found. Honestly went into a full blown panic.

Lol, I would too!
 

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Only downfall is now my 5 year old who is fascinated with the reef tank is asking what spawning is soooooo yeah should be a fun talk lol.


"Honey, it's how snails make more snails..."

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"Honey, it's how snails make more snails..."

;Hilarious ;Hilarious ;Hilarious

It's a "birds and the snails" talk now! Lol
 
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How long would you exspect "things to stay suspended and have my tank looking cruddy. I really dont want to do a water change tonight even though I do them every saturday. i would really like things to have a chance to be semi natural for once and give them a chance to absorb this stuff.
 

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How long would you exspect "things to stay suspended and have my tank looking cruddy. I really dont want to do a water change tonight even though I do them every saturday. i would really like things to have a chance to be semi natural for once and give them a chance to absorb this stuff.

It should clear in a couple hours. If your water pramameters are good, let it do it's thing.
 

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SPAWNNNNNN. Awesome. Very cool to see in a closed environment. Tell the child its Sperm?
No? Okay.
 
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Hey everyone thanks for the help! Everything is look great. I moved my water change back till today scrubbed the whole system tweaked the water flow and this baby is right on track. Hopefully ill have some babies running around here soon.
 

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