Trochus Snail Babies. Heres how many baby Trochus Snails I pulled out of my four filter socks when cleaning. These peaceful creatures are something every tank should have.
If you have a male and female mystery snail chances are they could be fertile. Quote authorIbn linktopic4449msg54271msg54271 date1220376390 Where are they at now Sam. Discussion in General Reef Discussion started by Aquatic Dreams Jul 30 2016.
Female on the right upstream releasing eggs male on the left fertilizing the eggs downstream as they pass him.
As a general rule you can keep one snail for every two to three gallons of aquarium water. Astrea snail commonly known as Astraea tecta Top shell or Trochus shell is a member of the family Trochidae a large family of marine gastropod molluscs containing several hundred species. I run a reef tank only with no fish so these guys should make it to adult hood. Of the common reef aquarium animals only the polychaete annelids or so-called bristle worms are more misunderstood and badly treated than the common snails that many aquarists put into their systems to graze on or remove algae.