Too Many Snails, I Think!!

juujji · Jul 14, 2011

I purchased a clean up crew online. I ordered 20 dwarf ceriths, 8 Florida ceriths, 4 Lg Nerites, 5 small Nerites and 2 Nassarius and I had 4 hermits & 5 turbo snails in there already. I was told this would be good for the size of my tank which is 28 gallons. When the package arrived, I followed the directions and put them all in the tank, well, I'm here to tell you, there must be 100 dwarf Ceriths and the others are getting big. I mean the place I purchased them sent me much more than I ordered without charging me and I think it was a great gesture on their part, but being the dummy I was, I put them all in the tank so they wouldn't die and now, they're every where.

Do I really need that many snails? And if not, should I bring them to my LFS? It just looks like there are way too many snails in my tank.

Any advice here would be appreciated.

dmorazan · Jul 14, 2011

how old is your tank and what you have in it?

Twaldo · Jul 14, 2011

My brother has a 28 biocube that's 6 month old and we order snails from the same place and they did exactly the same. Give us. A 100 !!! Don't worry they did for customer loyalty. Anyways we put them all and are not having any problems.

mr.coral · Jul 14, 2011

You should be fine

Alkamist · Jul 14, 2011

thats pretty cool but i have heard that a bunch of dwarf Ceriths are good in that they keep your sand crazy white lol

BigFeesh · Jul 14, 2011

They are good at cleaning. My sand was beach sand color before the snails now it looks like its bleached. Theyre awesome besides the fact they crawl out of my tank and my dog eats them:squigglemouth:

Adamacid · Jul 15, 2011

rofl thats funny about the dog

jiffy · Jul 15, 2011

Yea I got mine from John (reefcleaners.org) definitely sent me way more than I ordered, I put almost all of them in my 28g and it was ridiculous at first but they keep my glass, sand, and rock super clean.

jiffy · Jul 15, 2011

he sends extra just in case some die off or dont make it..
dwarf ciriths

planixs (i forgot how to spell their name)

i ended up getting rid of the turbo grazers because they were way too big, knockin things over left and right.. great algae eaters though

juujji · Jul 15, 2011

dmorazan said:
how old is your tank and what you have in it?

I have a JBJ 28gal Nanocube HQI with 25 # LR and LS. It's only been up since May 21st. I have the clean up crew, 4 hermits, a mushroom, a maze brain coral and a very small bunch of zoos. I have JBJ protein skimmer on it (made for that tank-not the best but it's working) - and 2 additional powerheads inside the tank. But from the rest of the replies, I don't think I have to worry about all the snails. This weekend I'll be getting my first fish for the tank (a clownfish).

Troylee · Jul 15, 2011

Yeah I got a pack from John right before the 4th of July and
I got around 300 I estimate on a quick pick pack I bought... I was like wow!!!! I had the same thoughts so I just feed the tank heavily and all has been well my sand is super clean like mentioned above and there is eggs every where I can't imagine how many I will have in 6 months..:tongue: