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[midnighttoker]

what is your favorite snail?
how many should I add to a 50gal tank?

[MarkS]

Originally posted by midnighttoker
what is your favorite snail?
how many should I add to a 50gal tank?

My favorites are Baja, Trocus grazers and Nassarius. I believe the rule of thumb is one snail(of each species) per gallon of water.

Premium Aquatics has a very good assortment of snails and pretty good prices on them.

HTH,
Mark

[Rin]

I've recently purchased some Red Moon Snails. I've only had them for a few days, but I'm very impressed with the work they do. They're a bit like Mexican Turbos for size and cleaning ability. I have 10 of them and they do a superb job of keeping the glass clean on my 75. They also add a bit of color to my Pseudopod collection.

[bongobrian]

My favorite are the ones that don't get sucked up in the powerhead

[watermama]

I'm partial to the mexican turbos, they can eat huge amounts of algae. Their only drawback is that they are somewhat clumsy. Mine have started breeding, I now have 3 little turbo snails in the tank, about this big #. I'm guessing this is a fairly common occurance?
I just saw some bumble bee snails at the LFS today, my first time seeing them. I was wondering if anyone keeps these, and are they good to have?

[MarkS]

Originally posted by Rin
I've recently purchased some Red Moon Snails. I've only had them for a few days, but I'm very impressed with the work they do. They're a bit like Mexican Turbos for size and cleaning ability. I have 10 of them and they do a superb job of keeping the glass clean on my 75. They also add a bit of color to my Pseudopod collection.

Be carefull with these. I've read that they are a cold water species and die quickly in the average aquarium. I must admit that they sure look cool.

Mark

[chromis]

My favs are stomatella, trochus, nassarius, and strombus. 1 snail per gallon is to high, after your tank matures alot of snails will die. I have to feed my nassarius snails, as I dont have any fish.



Andrew

[watermama]

Well, never mind on the bumble bee snails, I just did a search on them and found out they are predators. They will eat worms in the sandbed and also grazing snails. Oh well, they were kinda cute, but.........

[Rin]

Originally posted by MarkS


Be carefull with these. I've read that they are a cold water species and die quickly in the average aquarium. I must admit that they sure look cool.

Mark

*sigh* figures. As near as I can tell these are from Mexico. They must be from the Baja side. They sure do work hard. I'll let you know how long they last.