FIGHT!! Conch VS nasasaris snails...

[TheDude]

So, I recently had a sand bed full of crap and had to wonder which snail would be better at reducing detrius. Conch or nassaris snails.

My bed is about 3" deep and is about 2sq feet exposed. 75 gal with rocks.

I'm leaning towards the conch and thinkning 2 would be suficent for my system. has anyone had these and do they do well without feeding them.

 

[jt17]

I had a couple conchs before and they didn't do much for detritus. I only noticed them grazing on algae. The nasarrius will do a better job, you just won't see them as much as the conch. If you have frags on your sand bed the conch can be a bit of a bulldozer and move things around. My .02

 

[Wiz]

Tiger sand conch. Hands down. The best cleaner ever. In my opinion. Nassarius will eat large waste. Don't think they are much o. Detris

 

[haleyf1024]

Why not both? Thats what I have!

 

[Z06-Hec]

i just got 3 tiger conch. i havent seen 1 move in a few days.
the other 2 are back and forth but by no way cover the entire tank. (6 foot 150 gal)
I just ordered 100 Nassarius to see if they will work better.
I definitely see the conch eating a bunch of un eaten food that falls but they do not do enough.

 

[LetItReef]

I have both but I prefer Tiger Conch, active and does a good job.

 

[diablomaster9045]

I have 100 nassarius and 4 tiger sand conches in my 104g seahorse tank. My conches like algae more and the nassarius are better for cleaning up excess food waste and fish poo.

 

[TheDude]

Thanks for the replies.

I think I'll go with a couple conchs and replace my dead nasasarius. I mean what the heck, it's just snails right?!?!