snails

Recently received my CUC from reffcleaners. All the critters are very busy and doing there thing except for the large snails. There are all gathered at the top of my overflow almost like they are trying to escape. Should I try to pick them off?

 

What kind of snails? How long have they been there? Many snails, namely nerites, will hang out near the water surface and come in and out of the water. They are naturally an intertidal snail, so they will go out of the water sometimes. Don't worry about it.

 

My larger snails gather in the corners as well. I don't worry about them. They often stay bunched up only switching corners. Rather effective for cleaning those tricky spots

 

Not sure of the type. They are large and came in a custom set up from reef cleaners for a 75 gal tank. They are alive and i have a glass top so at least they cant fall out. Seems cool that they all hang out together

 

Most likely are nerites, they will do that during daylight.

 

mine do the same thing but at night they really get moving.

 

Nerites are definitely part of reefcleaner packages and the description is them exactly.

These are Nerites. You'll occasionally find them on the floor too. Just toss them back in (unless you spray bug poison along the baseboards... then I'd toss the snail outside if it fell down there).