Bumble Bee snails

[K9coral]

Has anyone ever had bumble bee snails breed in their aquariums. These snails are cool looking but too expensive so I want to try to breed them. Any suggestions???

 

[Baianotang]

I HAVE HEARD THEY ARE SNAIL "KILLERS" :evil: :evil:

 

[K9coral]

You have heard that bumble bee snails kill other snails???

 

[Juck]

I had about 30 when I started my first reef a couple of years ago,, their numbers dwindled gradually and now I think there's maybe only a couple left.

I never saw any babies appear,,, maybe they have a long planktonic stage or something.

I had a feeling my peppermints were killing mine but I never saw it. They are cool to look at though.

 

[Jolieve]

Bumble bee snails are kinda delicate when it comes to water quality. I have three in my tank and may pick up a couple more if my hermits continue to behave. I have never witnessed this snail killing behavior in my bumble bees or even had an inkling that a bumble bee snail was behind a snail death.

I've had ceriths lay eggs, nassarius reproduce (and yes, even found baby snails on the glass) along with nerites, both my tanks are filled with huge populations of baby nerites. I have never seen reproductive behavior from my bumble bees.

Bumble bees don't like nitrates, and they're not that great a cleaner, but if you like seeing them peeking in and out of your rock from time to time, 5-10 shouldn't set you back too much and should be more than enough to get what you want out of them.

Good luck,
J.

 

[shawnz28]

As far as them being killers. I think DR. Ron said they were predatory a while back but many including myself disagreed.

 

[Anonymous]

You have heard that bumble bee snails kill other snails???

well, they are limited in what they would be able to sneak up on... :lol:

 

[erickrebsbach]

I have 2 in my tank and they have done great, but as far as reproducing I've had no offspring in my tank. :roll:

 

[K9coral]

Eric, how long have they been in your tank?

 

[erickrebsbach]

Mine have been there for about 9 or 10 months doing good and hurting nothing So cool to watch :!:

 

[WannaBeReefer]

I read in the book "Reef Invertebrates" that they are predatory snails. They eat worms and other fauna in the sand. In a larger system with a DSB they should be no harm because of their small physical size. Also it states that their activity in the sand bed as agitators does have benefits. They do not eat algae and lack the feeding aspects to accomplish this task.

 

[erickrebsbach]

Good to know wannabereefer,do they eat bristtle worms :?:

 

[WannaBeReefer]

It does not get that specific, but I would think they eat it if its in front of them, small ones anyways, they dont get very big.

 

[erickrebsbach]

Thats cool I've got an arrow crab to take out the others :twisted:

 

[shawnz28]

Why do you dislike your bristleworms so much?

 

[K9coral]

Because there ScArY :!: :!: :!:

 

[erickrebsbach]

They are a pain and they eat food thats for the inverts :!: Why doyou like them so much :?:

 

[Anonymous]

Because there ScArY :!: :!: :!:

i think i got your joke but may be reading too much into it.... saltcritter?