Goodbye hair algae / turbo snail appreciation post

[Jocey76]

The top of a couple of my rocks starting growing a lawn of hair algae this week. Probably too much light time/intensity.

But two days later my big turbo snail is munching it away!! I just wanted to share a video of his cute munchy face and the hard work he's doing for me!

 

[Daniel92481]

Yea, these snails definitely don’t get the recognition they deserve! You would think it’s BBQ they’re eating.

 

[hds4216]

Is it a Mexican Turbo?

 

[Jocey76]

Is it a Mexican Turbo?

Haha... apparently

 

[Daniel92481]

Yea, probably so. Mine are Mexican too, and they’re hungry lol

How big is your tank? Any fish or coral?

You should start a build thread so you can document your progress, and get a badge like the cool kids.

 

[Jocey76]

Yea, probably so. Mine are Mexican too, and they’re hungry lol

How big is your tank? Any fish or coral?

You should start a build thread so you can document your progress, and get a badge like the cool kids.

It's a 90 gal tank, ~4 in live sand, lots of live rock

Fish:
- pair of mochavinci clowns
- midas blenny
- royal gramma
- helfrichi firefish
- diamond goby
- banggai cardinal
- spotted mandarin

Inverts:
- skunk shrimp
- at least 2 emerald crabs
- long tentacle anemone
- lots of snails, including mystery snails and turbo snails
- pistol shrimp (bonded to the helfrichi firefish and we never see)
- 2 feather duster worms

Coral:
- rando yellow zoas
- green star polyp

Send me a link to your favorite build thread and I'll put one together!

 

[Daniel92481]

Oh nice! I love your fish selection. You have a nice variety in there.

I’m excited about your upcoming build thread! You said send you a link to my favorite...Now, what kind of person would I be if I didn’t send you my own?

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[blasterman]

Love turbos for algae issues. Ive had them grow to the size of peaches.

Be warned they are strong and can push over pretty big rocks. Anything not secured down will be re arranged according to their whim.

 

[Dan_P]

The top of a couple of my rocks starting growing a lawn of hair algae this week. Probably too much light time/intensity.

But two days later my big turbo snail is munching it away!! I just wanted to share a video of his cute munchy face and the hard work he's doing for me!

Don’t forget to feed your snail. It will live longer and stay healthy andgrow. Reef tanks are deserts once the algae is gone. I have to wonder if most clean up crew are under fed.

I have fifteen Mexican turbos. The group or herd eat one 8x8 inch sheet of dry seaweed every night, or about 1/16 sheet per snail.

 

[Dan_P]

Love turbos for algae issues. Ive had them grow to the size of peaches.

Be warned they are strong and can push over pretty big rocks. Anything not secured down will be re arranged according to their whim.

That’s good to hear. My herd of 15 snails almost doubled in size since April, 2020. They are fed everyday.

 

[Jocey76]

Don’t forget to feed your snail. It will live longer and stay healthy andgrow. Reef tanks are deserts once the algae is gone. I have to wonder if most clean up crew are under fed.

I have fifteen Mexican turbos. The group or herd eat one 8x8 inch sheet of dry seaweed every night, or about 1/16 sheet per snail.

Ah thanks for the tip. I haven't specifically fed yet but I'll have to look into it so they can keep going once they are finished with the job at hand.

 

[Jocey76]

Oh nice! I love your fish selection. You have a nice variety in there.

I’m excited about your upcoming build thread! You said send you a link to my favorite...Now, what kind of person would I be if I didn’t send you my own?

Nano Build - Pico reef! Lifegard Aquatics Crystal AIO 4.1!

Hey reef peeps! Just thought I would share my new project here. I’ve always wanted a pico reef and now, here I am! -Lifegard Aquatics crystal AIO 4.1 gallon aquarium with stock pump -Ecotech MP10 -Kessil A360X -LA 25 watt heater I shut down my Nuvo 40 yesterday and placed my remaining...

www.reef2reef.com

Once you get going, you can go to account settings/scroll to bottom/and copy and paste the link to your thread to get your build thread badge. Anytime you want to see someone’s build, just click on their badge. So cool, right?

Haha of course! Well here's mine! https://www.reef2reef.com/threads/90gal-mixed-tank-bought-used-already-running-9-months.793387/