Best Snails for....

Tattooedlife · 02-12-2004, 08:09 PM

Whats the best snails at helping rid live rock of the oh so wonderful hair algae? (Dark green hair) My Astrea do a decent job but just can't keep up, I seen one of them cruising around in a wheel chair a few minutes ago.

I'm down to about 7 astrea's, so I need to stock up on some more. Whats the best way to go? Astrea? Turbo? Trochus? What about Detritus snails, Cerith?

**Poseidon** · 02-12-2004, 10:00 PM

I'd get a mix of Astrea, Cerith, Nassarious, and Nerite.

Check out www.reeftopia.com that's where I bought my snails and they are doing very well.

02-12-2004, 08:09 PM	#1
Tattooedlife Citizen Join Date: Apr 2000 Posts: 168	Best Snails for.... Whats the best snails at helping rid live rock of the oh so wonderful hair algae? (Dark green hair) My Astrea do a decent job but just can't keep up, I seen one of them cruising around in a wheel chair a few minutes ago. I'm down to about 7 astrea's, so I need to stock up on some more. Whats the best way to go? Astrea? Turbo? Trochus? What about Detritus snails, Cerith?

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