ID extremely tiny snail

[Boboe77]

I found around 20 of these guys and they usually come out at night. What are these guys? Are they reef safe?

 

[mcarroll]

Looks like baby Turbo or Margarita snails to me, but hard to be positive.

-Matt

 

[brandon78]

I believe they are nassarius babies. I have em in my tank. Usually only out at night in mine too.

 

[brandon78]

I believe mine are* they look like yours.

 

[Tylermacdonald15]

I just picked up a bunch of live rock and it has a ton of these tiny snails on them. Lucky it's in my quarantinne. I need to find out if they are good or bad before I add the rock to display. They only bad snail I know of is the pyramid snails that hang out on clams.

 

[flyingfish]

I have those too. Not sure but think they are baby turbos. The main issue I have with them is cleaning the glass. They get wiped off and worried they may pollute the tank a little bit. Plus they like to stick to the magnet.

 

[Boboe77]

All i have in the tank are curith snails and nerite snails. I used to have Austria snails maby its from them?

 

[Reef Fever]

Collonista snail

 

[mcarroll]

I have those too. Not sure but think they are baby turbos. The main issue I have with them is cleaning the glass. They get wiped off and worried they may pollute the tank a little bit. Plus they like to stick to the magnet.

The easiest way to control them is to reduce the nutrients you're putting into the tank, which cuts off the supply to the algae they are getting fat enough from to make babies! ;)

(I wouldn't worry about them...sign of a healthy tank, IMO.)

-Matt

 

[brandon78]

Actually I think I have nerite too. Wrong n snail lol.

 

[Boboe77]

Ya they don't seem to be bothering my corals so i think they are harmless

 

[brendan12]

they are Collinista I have a lot in my system come out at night love to get stuck in my mp10