cuc for 10 gal cube

[stE26wy14]

ok, so imagine that I have NO CUC!!
my plan is astreas, 1 turbo, nassarius, and definitely 1-2 blue legged hermits, how many should I get for a 10 gal?

 

[littlefoxx]

ok, so imagine that I have NO CUC!!
my plan is astreas, 1 turbo, nassarius, and definitely 1-2 blue legged hermits, how many should I get for a 10 gal?

If youre talking about a mexican turbo I wouldnt. Those get big. Margarita snails are perfect for that size though!

 

[stE26wy14]

If youre talking about a mexican turbo I wouldnt. Those get big. Margarita snails are perfect for that size though!

oh...
well...
I got that XD
should I move it to my 20gal?
im trying to move most of my cuc to my 20 gal, but just seeing what everyone suggests first...
(im not telling anyone my cuc.............)

 

[BriDroid]

In my 10 cube I have the following:
5 cerith snails
3 astrea snails
5 of the small nassaris snails
1 trochus snail
1 small zebra turbo (only added him recently since some algae was getting a little bad. He's made a huge difference. I understand that I may need to rehome him eventually)
5 small blue legged hermits
1 small tiger conch.

I didn't add everything at once. I started out with 2 hermits and it grew from there depending on the algae load.

 

[littlefoxx]

oh...
well...
I got that XD
should I move it to my 20gal?
im trying to move most of my cuc to my 20 gal, but just seeing what everyone suggests first...
(im not telling anyone my cuc.............)

I would, I had one I called bulldozer. She was huge! Good 3 inch shell on her. Great for algae but I had to move her from my 70 gallon to my 125 (when I had the tanks) because she ate all the algae in my 70 in a month!

 

[BristleWormHater]

If youre talking about a mexican turbo I wouldnt. Those get big. Margarita snails are perfect for that size though!

Margaritas don't live long since they are a temperate species and IME they don't clean any better than astreas.
I think a tectus snail would be good, I've never kept one though.

 

[littlefoxx]

Margaritas don't live long since they are a temperate species and IME they don't clean any better than astreas.
I think a tectus snail would be good, I've never kept one though.

Interesting! Ive had 3 of them for about a year now!

 

[stE26wy14]

Alright, I’ll wait for some time for my 20gal to grow some algae, and my move big 3 inch turbo to 20, and along *cough*20astreas*cough*

 

[BriDroid]

Margaritas don't live long since they are a temperate species and IME they don't clean any better than astreas.
I think a tectus snail would be good, I've never kept one though.

One of my LFS sells margaritas for about 1/2 the price of any other tropical snail. Probably because they don't last long.

 

[BristleWormHater]

One of my LFS sells margaritas for about 1/2 the price of any other tropical snail. Probably because they don't last long.

Why buy them at all? To me it's very similar to putting a fish in a tank to small, you are subjecting them to stress that will shorten their lifespan.

 

[BristleWormHater]

Interesting! Ive had 3 of them for about a year now!

You might have tegula snails then, they look very similar but are tropical, being native to the Pacific.
You can definitely keep margaritas for a year, a little rare though, but there's no denying that they aren't tropical and their lifespan will be shorter. In the wild they last 5-7 years, I don't think anyone's kept them alive that long in reef tanks.
I'm not condemning you, feel free to keep them I just dont personally see the point.

 

[littlefoxx]

You might have tegula snails then, they look very similar but are tropical, being native to the Pacific.
You can definitely keep margaritas for a year, a little rare though, but there's no denying that they aren't tropical and their lifespan will be shorter. In the wild they last 5-7 years, I don't think anyone's kept them alive that long in reef tanks.
I'm not condemning you, feel free to keep them I just dont personally see the point.

Might be the other snail like you said!