Snail atrocity
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There's a hermit in photo #1.
Astraea snails have a strong tendency to fall off of whatever they're climbing on, and are incapable of righting themselves - which leaves them wide open to predation by hermit crabs, who then have an endless supply of shells to move into. I'm not really sure how Astraea survive in the wild, frankly . . .
Astraea snails have a strong tendency to fall off of whatever they're climbing on, and are incapable of righting themselves - which leaves them wide open to predation by hermit crabs, who then have an endless supply of shells to move into. I'm not really sure how Astraea survive in the wild, frankly . . .
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They usually right themselves and carry on. The one near the glass just stopped. The one on the rock was the correct side up. Noticed it was upside down. They have been like this before. Why are they doing this? Were all over the tank at one point and never did this. I have a starfish that lives in the sand and eats all the sand garbage. Did it take all the algea from the snails?
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Depends on type of snails that you have. Some snails eat different forms of algea others don’t eat algea at all. You may have a case where the snails are starving to death in your tank as well.
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I am a firm believer that snails are among the most annoying parts of a reef tank, every morning I either have to right a snail, a coral the snail tipped over, or a combination of the two.
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