Too many snails??

[sango]

I won a auction on ebay for 50 NASSARIUS OBSOLETA snails. Well they came in today and the guy sent me 150. About 120 of them made it. Befor I put them in the tank I already had 40 snails. So now there is about 160 snails in a 90 gallon tank? Just curious if this is way too many. TIA

 

[Fluff]

Probably. Is there any other sw folk in your area you could share with? This happened to me also when I ordered but luckily I had two tanks to put them in.

 

[sango]

No not really. I called a few LFS and none of them would take any. Im thinking I need to get rid of about 60-70 of them.

 

[austinsdad]

How old is the tanK? I suspect they'll be starving soon if new. Even if an older tank, I'd agree you've got too much.

Fols usually add snails slowly as food sources grow and increase.

 

[sango]

Yeah its a pretty new tank.. Im reading the these snail dont eat algea. Is this true? That was really the main purpose I bought these... So what should I do now?

 

[JPloman]

How close are you to Panama City?

 

[sango]

Im really not sure.. I live in the Tampa area so Im thinking a few hours

 

[JPloman]

Tampa is not too far, wanna mail me some? I will shoot you a paypal for them if you want.

 

[austinsdad]

That snail does eat algae so I've read, but very little as described. Burrow inot the sand too.

 

[sango]

JPloman.. I no longer use pay pal. Sorry. But let me know if you still want some . Maybe pm here

 

[sango]

These darn snails are laying eggs like crazy in my tank