i am about to go check out my lfs and i am thinking of getting nassasarius snails as i have heard they are great cleaners and can flip themselves over but i dont know what else (i have a 30 gal tank) or should i just have those snails (and thats even if the LFS has them)
hmm what snail...
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Pistol Peet
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Turbo snails are great for keeping algee off the v inside of the glass and rocks as the others u mentioned help keep sand clean
PicassoClown04
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Don’t have just those snails. They suck at algae and live in sand. Best ones IMO are stomatella. Great algae eaters, reproduce in the tank naturally through spawning, very tiny shell so they can flip themselves over. Can’t buy em from a store though, gotta be hobbyist or if you LFS just has em in the tank :)
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thanks for the reply's! i knew it was this one type of snail that could flip over, but i am putting a small list of the species that i want to get before i go just in case they dont sell a certain type of snail.
Philly Reefer
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Nassarius is the one that can flip over itself., The others you have to keep an eye.
MrSalty
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I have all of the above plus some nerite, bumble bee, and nassarius snails. I think the Nerites do a really good job of cleaning the glass. The nassarius are really cool they move fast and do a really good job moving around the sand if you have enough. Not sure they very good at cleaning the glass or anything else, they mostly stay in the sand. All of my snails have come from either reefcleaners.org or liveaquaria.com Both my LFS have quite a poor selection of saltwater critters. I have a stick I use to flip any over that end up on their back. As long as you look once a day you will be fine.
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