the clean up army have arrived

[paul wh]

today went to the lfs with my laptop (water stats) and some water they tested it and it was better than theres ha so picked up 3 turbo snails they have been happy grazing away all day during my evening scan of the tank i have now found even more new life i a group of feather dusters how cold is that

[Reefing Madness]

[chrisfont23]

today went to the lfs with my laptop (water stats) and some water they tested it and it was better than theres ha so picked up 3 turbo snails they have been happy grazing away all day during my evening scan of the tank i have now found even more new life i a group of feather dusters how cold is that

Kudos! I have had some success with Turbo Snails, but they are so big they have the tendency to fall over and you will have to upright them. They have a tough time doing this. Look into nassarius snails. Fifty or so for that sized tank will be fine.

[Reefing Madness]

Kudos! I have had some success with Turbo Snails, but they are so big they have the tendency to fall over and you will have to upright them. They have a tough time doing this. Look into nassarius snails. Fifty or so for that sized tank will be fine.

Good point.

[paul wh]

day 3 the sails are still alive yay my god dont they eat still plenty of greens though
well everyone have a good christmas

[Reefing Madness]

[paul wh]

well day 6 my sail are going mad eating the green stuff but they cant keep up probably time for a couple more my water is spot on still will do a water change on wednesday
after my algie has soaked up the light for 6 hour its bubbling away nicely

[paul wh]

had to call for reinforcement in the for of 3 more snails 3 HERMIT CRABS plopped them in and they are all chomping away nicly

[paul wh]

hi all my clean up boy are doing there job well how ever how many should i have the boys snails (turbo) seem very happy to clean the glass and the heater but not over keen on the live rock i have 12 of the little devil is that enough for my 250 lt tank also are there other snails that prefer hair algie
cheers paul