I had planned on talking about laminar flow this blog but an important issue was brought to my attention the other night about my Beneficial Reef Aquarium Snail article. I had a post in the article about the Ilyanassa Obsoleta snail and how it was a good detritus cleaner and scavenger. It turns out […]
Entries Tagged as 'parasitic snails'
“Ilyanassa obsoleta” The Snail that Rules Ebay.
July 12th, 2008 · No Comments
Tags: Algae · Dealing with Nusaince Algae · Marine reef aquarium · Saltwater reef aquarium · parasitic snails · reefkeeping · snails
Sundail Snails the silent zoa killer
May 27th, 2008 · No Comments
The Sundail snail is a common reef aquarium predator that feeds on zoanthid polyps. These snails are not much bigger than pyramid snails and as you can tell from the picture have unique marking. As you can see in the picture these snails have a neat little rattle “tail” that resembles one of a […]
Tags: Saltwater · aquarium · parasitic snails · reefkeeping · snails
Watch out for Pyramid Snails!
May 24th, 2008 · No Comments
Pictured above on the dime is a couple of pyram snails or pyramid snails. These cute little fellas can cause a whole heck of a problem in your reef tank if you keep clams, starfish and larger snails such as astrea snails. There are different types of pyramid snails the ones shown on the dime […]
Tags: Marine reef aquarium · clams · parasitic snails · reefkeeping · snails · starfish