Stomatella eggs

Digitalfreq · Mar 28, 2013

So I spotted my Rastas frag fell and was upside down on the sand bed behind my rocks. Not sure how long it's been back there. So I went and picked it up with some tongs and saw two small stomatella snails dropping off and then I see the eggs.

I have a ton of these snails and don't want anymore.

Should I get rid of it?

Digitalfreq · Mar 28, 2013

The lovely couple that I interrupted. Crawling away on the glass.

Six2seven · Mar 28, 2013

leave it out in the open, a fish might eat it. also the stomatellas are good for your tank. I had them take over at one point and them some cleaner shrimp decided they were a tasty treat. cleaned them out completely.

wickedfish · Mar 28, 2013

Six2seven said:

Didnt know cleaner shrimp ate em. I also have a lot of stomatella snails, scary look like giant nudis.

BeanMachine · Mar 28, 2013

Tony cut it off I'll put them in my berghia tank in a cup.

Six2seven · Mar 28, 2013

wickedfish said:

Yea you gave me one and said it was a nudi but when I got home and looked at it, it was a stomatella lol. its all good you restarted my population since my cleaner shrimp had died after it ate all the snails and had no food. I have a video of the shimp eating the snail. it was pretty cool, they would flip them over and go to town. let me see if i can find it.

Digitalfreq · Mar 28, 2013

I just saw a vid of a Cleaner shrimp eating a stomatella. Maybe i'll pick one up.

562Reefer · Mar 28, 2013

^^^^^
That's what happened to my Stomatellas! Good to know.

Reef Bullet · Mar 28, 2013

I love stomatellas and colonistas! They're fabulous algae eaters and are small enough to get into the little cracks and crevices and don't knock over frags like turbos do. I was afraid that they'd die in my move and didn't see any in my tank for the first couple weeks but slowly I'm seeing more and more

I've really been wanting to get some wrasses but I would be so sad if my little snails were all wiped out!

wickedfish · Mar 29, 2013

Reef Bullet said:

Doubt wrasses eat them cause I have too many. But maybe certain wrasses like yellow corrise eat them.

Stomatella eggs

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