Identify Me/help. Please?

[ssm05rsx]

We have tons of little snails popping up all over our tank, my brother and I don't know what it could be we looked up either Collonista Snails or Sundial snails.


Sorry for the huge picture.

We looked online and saw that Sundial snails eat Yellow Polyps and Zoas.

We question this because our Yellow Polyps have been dying off very slowly and all of our levels are perfect doing frequent water changes.
To give you a list of what is in our tank that can maybe give you an idea what else may be causing them to die off.

2 Clarkii Clown Fish
1 Yellow Tang
1 Six Line Wrasse
2 Skunk Cleaner Shrimp
1 Peppermint Shrimp
Some blue and red legged Hermit Crabs.
Astrea Snails, Turbo Snails, Nassarius Snail

Thanks for your help guys.

 

[jceli728]

http://www.njreefers.org/joomla/index.php?option=com_smf&Itemid=26&topic=11854.msg110211#msg110211

Collonista sp. Information Listing

Original Source: Multiple DIBS Breeders
DIBS ID #: 17


Size: Adults of this snail rarely exceed 6mm (0.25 inches) in shell diameter. Babies are considerably smaller.

Reproduction: It is unknown how these snails reproduce, although some anecdotal evidence is that they reproduce faster in skimmerless systems. Generally very easy to reproduce though.

Lifespan: Unknown. This is an area that could be researched.

Sexual Maturity: It is unknown how long it takes these snails to reach sexual maturity.

Potential Benefits:
1. One of the best snails for small nano tanks. They are good grazers and will reproduce to a reasonable population size for a nano tank.

2. One of the best snails for grazing settling tiles in the Breeder Challenge experiments. Snails larger than a nickel should not be allowed to graze settling tiles as they could potentially eat any newly settled polyps that many smaller snails will not eat.

Potential Problems:
1. They can get stuck in SEIO or other narrow powerhead intakes with strong suction and perish.
2. They are small enough that any top-off devices will need snail guards to prevent the top-off device from sticking in the on position and overflowing the tank.
3. They can reproduce to a very large population in larger tanks and are therefore not recommended if you are attempting to raise other larger snails (such as the DIBS Turbo and Trochus sp. snails). It is possible for them to dramatically reduce the amount of grazing food available to larger snails.

Diet:
Unknown. Assumed to feed on algal films and diatoms on rock and glass. Might also consume detritus, but this needs to be researched.

 

[RobbiesReef]

i believe i saw somewhere that they are a hreat to zoas. everytime i find them i kill them(no taking chances).