how efficient are nassarius snails?

jarviz

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Sometimes I worry that they don't get any food on the days i feed frozen. I'm a pretty light feeder and the frozen LRS pieces seem to only stay in the water column; and most get gobbled up by the my two fish. I would have to leave the powerhead off for a pretty decent time for the pieces to hit the sand, and the ones that do hit the sand are almost invisible to me. Will the nassarius find food eventually?
 

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If it is there....they find it. However if your circulation and feeding habits are such the food/waste never settles in the sand then I obviously they gonna be hungry....

I feed heavy and find mine eat...a lot
 

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Mine always perish. Either wrasse eats them or not enough food. I believe don’t want competing things on sand bed. My diamond goby keeps it completely clean so someone will not get enough. Just my theory
 

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