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FAQs about Abalone Reproduction
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Abalone reproducing?
7/2/07 Hello everyone, First off, thanks for your efforts. Is
it possible that I have Abalone reproducing in my tank? <It's
possible, yes... is it likely? Hmm... probably not.> I have
purchased large ones before, and they have not survived long. <Sorry
to hear that. It seems that some species do better in reef tanks than
others. For more info on them, please see here:
http://www.wetwebmedia.com/abalones.htm > for the last couple of
months I have noticed them all over the walls of my tank (at least 50 of
them.) They have rounded shells and are a quarter inch in sized down to
tiny little specs. They look like the abalone I have purchased before,
but much much smaller, their shells are basically flat. They do a great
job of cleaning the walls of my tank considering I do not have any
another Snail type creatures. Thanks for the help. <Well, without a
picture, I'm thinking they might be Stomatella. These are small snails
with a mostly flat shell that reproduce quite easily in reef aquariums.
They do look a bit like little abalones. They're also really great
snails to have (good algae grazers and truly as reef-safe as anything
can be). Here's a good picture of one:
http://www.wetwebmedia.com/MolluscPIX/Gastropods/Stomatella-w-Zoos.jpg
For more pictures, there are some here (though not all the pics are
Stomatella): http://www.wetwebmedia.com/snailidfaq5.htm Thanks
Ryan from Denver <No prob. Sara M.>
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