Starving snails?

I have a 110 gallon that had been running about 2 months. Bought a reef cleaner package and think I have too many snails now.... They keep bunching up at the top of the glass. I assume it's because they don't have enough to eat in the tank.

Should I be worried? Is there something I could feed them until my tank grows up a little?

 

Nope thats just what they do. mine do it every night. It looks like i have no snails, then off go the lights, and theyre all at the top and will drop off when lights come back on.

 

i think when they do this they are trying to reproduce. you will soon see eggs everywhere.

 

Great! All I need is MORE snails! Lol.

 

IMO you can never have too many snails. unless its like a thousand then it may be over kill. The more the merrier cuz some will die off, some are lazier than others and dont do anything.

 

You could put a small piece of nori or sea weed in your tank at night, that would ensure that they are getting food until you get some algae growth. You don't need very much as it will pollute your tank if a lot goes uneated.

 

They're not reproducing, they're "sleeping" (for lack of a better term). They will likely lay eggs all over, but they just as likely will not hatch. My understanding is they need brackish conditions to hatch.

In the wild, they stay on the rocks and hunker down during low tide. If they can't get out of the water in your tank, they'll get as close as they can.

 

I have gotten a lot of snailes reproducing in both of my tanks. My sg is 1.25 I don;t think its considered brackish. I probably have around 100-120 baby snails.

 

Nerite snails?

 

Same thing happened to me. I just took a few to the lfs as a donation.