What are your favorite snails?

[Daniel@R2R]

Tell me about your favorite snails! What are the ones you DEFINITELY always include in your clean up crew?

 

[Murica]

Mexican or zebra Turbo’s for sure, gotta have at least a few.

 

[Crabs McJones]

Stomatella, I'm hoping to get some soon.

 

[Michelle Crossley]

Tell me about your favorite snails! What are the ones you DEFINITELY always include in your clean up crew?

Yep definitely Turbos

 

[Daniel@R2R]

I really like nassarius snails for sandbed cleaning. I'm not sure which ones my favorites are for rockwork.

 

[Tahoe61]

Cerith snails, great film algae eaters, they stay small and are not bulldozers.

 

[CasaReefer]

Would it be possible for people to include some pics of there favs... new Guy here and I am not sure what these Super Duper Snails Look Like... You know if ya got a spare minute for this kinda thing. Thanks in Advance for the Trouble.

 

[MTBake]

Astrea seem to last the longest for me. Ceriths are another I always have.

 

[The Aquatic Arsenal]

Red Banded Trochus Snail, Astrea Turbo Snail, and Cerith Snail if you have a sandbed

 

[The Aquatic Arsenal]

Would it be possible for people to include some pics of there favs... new Guy here and I am not sure what these Super Duper Snails Look Like... You know if ya got a spare minute for this kinda thing. Thanks in Advance for the Trouble.

If you go to reefcleaners.org, they will have a pic of just about any snail you want to see.

 

[Halo_003]

Trochus are workhorses in my experience, as are tiger conch.

 

[CasaReefer]

If you go to reefcleaners.org, they will have a pic of just about any snail you want to see.

Thank You just went and checked out the site...

 

[Daniel@R2R]

Would it be possible for people to include some pics of there favs... new Guy here and I am not sure what these Super Duper Snails Look Like... You know if ya got a spare minute for this kinda thing. Thanks in Advance for the Trouble.

Here's an excellent pictorial guide: https://www.reef2reef.com/threads/choosing-cleanup-crew-critters.258695/ Hopefully some pictures will be posted here too, but this thread will definitely be a help to you.

 

[TheOne]

If you go to reefcleaners.org, they will have a pic of just about any snail you want to see.

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Trochus are my favorite just because they can right themselves. My astrea snails are constantly needing flipped over. I have a long rod I can stick in my tank just for that purpose.

 

[Billldg]

I love my Red Banded Trochus snails. Plus its funny watching them flip themselves back over.

 

[Phycodurus]

... the ones that can hold their own against the hermit crabs ;Dead

 

[Easy E]

Trochus are my favorite because they're the only ones that have reproduced in my tank, so you get a cleanup crew that is constantly replenishing itself for free.

 

[Jmass015]

Got a tiger conch two weeks ago and it has done wonders for the sand bed.

 

[tgionet]

Trochus by far. I mean, there’s not even a competition there.

 

[will25u]

Turbos, cerith, nasarrius, trochus, and stomatella. I don’t keep any hermits bc they’re killers.