Best snails for diatoms?

[125gSW]

Hey everyone,

My tank is going through the diatom phase right now, but it's super hardcore right now. Water changes have been reducing it but there are many blotches of diatoms in areas where I simply can't reach. It seems there's way more than enough to sustain at least a few snails as the back portion of my tanks has a lot of them plus certain areas of my rocks where it's too difficult for me to reach during water changes. Any recommendations?

 

[Idoc]

Here's a link to a thread that details the good and bad snails for a tank... also gives which ones like to eat what stuff.

www.reef2reef.com/ams/choosing-cleanup-crew-critters.107/

 

[Bosko777]

Tiger trochus are pretty awesome. Not sure if they eat diatoms.

 

[125gSW]

Tiger trochus are pretty awesome. Not sure if they eat diatoms.

Can they right themselves?

 

[Bret Brinkmann]

I have astrea, cerith, and dwarf cerith snails. They all eat it along with hair algae, slime algae, and cyano. The only algae they don't seem to eat is bubble and macros. Astreas can't flip themselves, but I've never had to help them in the two years I have had them. The cerith and dwarfs can from what I have seen.

 

[Bosko777]

Tiger trochus can right themselves

 

[biggie4jets]

Here's a link to a thread that details the good and bad snails for a tank... also gives which ones like to eat what stuff.

www.reef2reef.com/ams/choosing-cleanup-crew-critters.107/

This is an excellent read and describes every snail to the tee.