I have snails everywere!! Could this be a problem? They seem to be reproducing every second of the day. Is there any way of controling them? or should I let them be?
I have mexican grazers, and a pointed shell snail not sure of the name. still new to this. The snail that are everywere are rounded shells like the mexicans, and are brown and white, and some are pink. Will try and post a picture but they are very small.
I bet you they are these snails!
These are probably not harmful at all. They are most likely a small species of the Genus Arene (Astrea) or possibly of the Genus Macarene snail. The differences are minute as the two families are closely related. They are perfectly reef safe and will graze film algae at night. They can reproduce quickly, becoming a small army in a short period of time.
I agree laddy00! Sometimes I see alot at night and then they thin out due to starvation, predation or salinity change, etc. and then come back in full force!
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