cuc for 10 gal cube
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littlefoxx
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If youre talking about a mexican turbo I wouldnt. Those get big. Margarita snails are perfect for that size though!
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stE26wy14
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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
I glue animals to rocks.
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.
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
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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
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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
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Interesting! Ive had 3 of them for about a year now!
BriDroid
I glue animals to rocks.
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
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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.
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BristleWormHater
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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
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Might be the other snail like you said!
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