Best Bottom Feeder - Advice Please

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+1 in favor of conchs and nassarius snails. I do not trust most crabs.

Just get some extra hermit shells to put in the tank. I consider snails consumables anyway--always need replacing.
I did that, and the hermits ignored the empty shells. Went after the snails any way.

Sure, snails are tasty, but I would not eat the ones out of your tank!
 
Got the Nassarius snails, and they dug and buried themselves into the substrate almost immediately - I didn't expect that. I'm assuming this is normal behavior, but my expectation is that they'd surface and scour for food - I hope.
 
Got the Nassarius snails, and they dug and buried themselves into the substrate almost immediately - I didn't expect that. I'm assuming this is normal behavior, but my expectation is that they'd surface and scour for food - I hope.
Watch them erupt from the sand when they detect food.
 
Got the Nassarius snails, and they dug and buried themselves into the substrate almost immediately - I didn't expect that. I'm assuming this is normal behavior, but my expectation is that they'd surface and scour for food - I hope.
Where'd you order from?
 
Nassarius snails have got to be the funniest snails that exist. I've seen these guys bust a straight up break dance move across my sand before. And when they want to cruise... they CRUISE!
 

IF YOU HAD TO OPERATE EVERYTHING ELSE MANUALLY, WHICH AUTOMATED SYSTEM WOULD YOU KEEP?

  • Auto top-off

    Votes: 54 58.7%
  • Automated dosing

    Votes: 6 6.5%
  • Mechanical filtration / roller filter

    Votes: 4 4.3%
  • Automated water testing

    Votes: 3 3.3%
  • Automatic feeding

    Votes: 1 1.1%
  • Lighting schedule

    Votes: 16 17.4%
  • Controller and remote monitoring

    Votes: 3 3.3%
  • Leak detection and emergency shutoff

    Votes: 1 1.1%
  • Automatic water changes

    Votes: 3 3.3%
  • None. I prefer to operate everything manually

    Votes: 0 0.0%
  • Something else (explain in the comments)

    Votes: 1 1.1%
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