Nassarius Snails laying eggs

[Lullaby]

Woke up this morning to three egg swatches in the rear area of my 20g. Free food??!

 

[newfly]

Yup.

 

[tribbitt]

Mine did this too, the eggs disappeared after a day or two. I think some cuc got some extra protein lol

I wish they would actually breed with success, but it is what it is. Free food is free food

 

[Coral reefer]

I’ve had some babies make it on occasion

 

[newfly]

I have success with Trochus snails. They breed frequently in my tank. I have tons of babies right now. Usually a small number will make it to adult.

 

[tribbitt]

I have success with Trochus snails. They breed frequently in my tank. I have tons of babies right now. Usually a small number will make it to adult.

That's really cool! Would you be willing to trade me a couple? I would love to have clean up crew that don't rely on collection in the wild.

 

[Lullaby]

That's really cool! Would you be willing to trade me a couple? I would love to have clean up crew that don't rely on collection in the wild.

If anything, that's a reason to try to breed them - captive bred over wild caught. If any survive I'll update the thread. Hopefully I'll have some to toss into the DBTC.

 

[newfly]

That's really cool! Would you be willing to trade me a couple? I would love to have clean up crew that don't rely on collection in the wild.

Happy to give it to you once the babies get bigger. I gave out a quite a few folks previously. Or they are as big as a large grain of sand.

 

[tribbitt]

Happy to give it to you once the babies get bigger. I gave out a quite a few folks previously. Or they are as big as a large grain of sand.

If the breed for me I think they may have higher survival rate in my tank purely because I have no wrasses.

 

[H2OPlayar]

That's really cool! Would you be willing to trade me a couple? I would love to have clean up crew that don't rely on collection in the wild.

There is a dbtc of these too, but if you don't have wrasses, the babies will populate quickly. I was thinking of keeping one of the small tanks wrasse free to try to let them grow out.

 

[iCon]

I’ve had some babies make it on occasion

Same - Hard to tell which batch of eggs they were a part of, but all of a sudden a dozen or more same-sized baby nassarius just appear. Toss in a silverside for a few minutes and you’ll see the little ninjas emerge. Kinda fun to see!

 

[newfly]

Baby snails?

 

[tribbitt]

Baby snails?

Probably! My baby stomatellas look just like that, but slightly different shape. Mine look like sesame seeds lol

 

[MichaelB]

Very cool I had trocus babies like 7 months ago.

 

[BAYMAC]

Baby snails?

Could be, or could be a certain snail (Pyramidellid) you don't want. Get a closer photo.

 

[newfly]

Could be, or could be a certain snail (Pyramidellid) you don't want. Get a closer photo.

I’m pretty sure it’s trochus. It’s not the first time they reproduce.