Trochus snails

Ocean’s Piece · Jul 5, 2021

I have 1 mature trochus snail in my tank and 4 other snails that were sold to me as small trochus snails. Will these small trochus snails eventually grow to look like my mature trochus snails and if so, how long will it take?
Small trochus snail

Mature trochus snail:

pardon one of my small trochus snails taking a piggy back ride on my larger one.

jgirardnrg · Jul 5, 2021

5-6 months or so to reach the diameter of a penny.

Ocean’s Piece · Jul 5, 2021

jgirardnrg said:
5-6 months or so to reach the diameter of a penny.

Had them for about 3 months but haven’t seen a whole lot of growth. Maybe one of those thing should where when you’re surrounded by something a lot, you can’t tell the differences in something as someone else who isn’t surrounded by it a lot kinda things.

jgirardnrg · Jul 5, 2021

MiniReefInABox said:
Had them for about 3 months but haven’t seen a whole lot of growth. Maybe one of those thing should where when you’re surrounded by something a lot, you can’t tell the differences in something as someone else who isn’t surrounded by it a lot kinda things.

Mine breed like crazy and I've sold or traded over 700 snails at this point. My original adults are around half dollar size. I have others in there ranging from 1/4" to quarter size. They grow quickly to 1/4" size then seem to stall for a bit then take off in size again.

jmichaelh7 · Jul 5, 2021

one of the best CUC

Ocean’s Piece · Jul 5, 2021

jgirardnrg said:
Mine breed like crazy and I've sold or traded over 700 snails at this point. My original adults are around half dollar size. I have others in there ranging from 1/4" to quarter size. They grow quickly to 1/4" size then seem to stall for a bit then take off in size again.

Wow that’s crazy. I hope I can do the same thing. How long have you been doing that for?