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We recently added 5 astrea snails and 3 emerald crabs to pick up some of the slack left by our CUC workhorses.
The turbo snails eat a huge volume of algae, but they arent very thorough. When the glass is dirty (thankfully it's not these days) the turbos leave squiggly lines of clean glass.
I've been watching the astreas polish the overflow (which is overdue for a scrubbing) and its unbelievable how little they leave behind.
Currently we have 5 turbos in a 65g tank. I think I want to replace some of them with astreas.
I'm thinking that for each turbo a system can comfortably sustain, it could sustain about 5 astreas. Does this sound right?
The turbo snails eat a huge volume of algae, but they arent very thorough. When the glass is dirty (thankfully it's not these days) the turbos leave squiggly lines of clean glass.
I've been watching the astreas polish the overflow (which is overdue for a scrubbing) and its unbelievable how little they leave behind.
Currently we have 5 turbos in a 65g tank. I think I want to replace some of them with astreas.
I'm thinking that for each turbo a system can comfortably sustain, it could sustain about 5 astreas. Does this sound right?