Pyramid snail?

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johnsonw2

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At first I saw a few of these small spiral looking snails on my sand bed with lights on, did a little research and seems like they could be pyramid snails. I waited til 15 minutes after lights off and flipped the lights back on, now i see maybe a hundred of them on the sand bed :blink:

I have about 5 Nassarius Snails and counted 3 astrea snails. I haven't bought snails in 6 months plus, but know I had about 6-7 astrea snails. I do see 2 empty shells, maybe the rest were out of sight but possibly eaten by the pyramid snails? I also have 3 hermit crabs.

The white spirals in the pic are the snails, you can see one on the nassarius too. I did manage to take one out and snap a picture, however, its very very tiny. If anyone can help ID that would be awesome. Plus if anyone has any experience with these, I would like to hear about them. Thanks
 

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Looks like them to me. The first one looks to be a tad too large for one, but assuming it is a really close up shot. Just take your snails out weekly and brush them off into your water change water. Closest thing to battling it you can get IMO. I struggled with them until I let them consume all the food (snails) and they died off.
 
Thanks for the advice. Im gonna keep an eye on them and ill repost if I have any updates.
 
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