Your favorite snail and why

[revhtree]

Let's here it from the reefers!

What's your favorite snail to have in your tank and why?

 

[pelphrey]

Banded Trochus Snail - right itself when knocked over.

 

[JaimeAdams]

100% agree with Trochus... They get up when knocked down!

 

[ksfulk]

This one in the center of this picture is my favorite - his name is Ralph. He doesn't look like much, but he know the best snail jokes...

All joking aside, trochus are awesome. I love stomatella snails as well, as they clean all the nooks in live rock and propagate en masse as well.

 

[happyhourhero]

Trochus- They are fast, right themselves, can fling hermits off, cause you to think your tank has crashed during spawn events. What more could you want in a snail.

2nd place goes to Astraea. They clean up plugs real well and do good work on the rocks.
3rd goes to turbos. Excellent grazers but they are bulldozers.

 

[Zwogle]

Nassarius Snail they are like tiny sand submarines!

 

[Gweeds1980]

Helix pomatia is my favourite... because they taste great in garlic and white wine sauce.

 

[OnlyTono]

My oldest Turbo Snail - had him for more than 8 years and he's ginormous!

he keeps everything nice and clean - Here's a pic of him cleaning my Urchine...

 

[nautical_nathaniel]

If you get enough of them, ceriths are pretty good! Other than that I like my margarita and nassarius snails.

 

[revhtree]

I like Turbos but dang they knock everything over and when they die it's a stinky event! LOL!

 

[LobsterOfJustice]

Cant believe everyone isn't saying cerith. They're the only ones I care about. The big beefy florida ones. They eat everything (leftover food, detritus, algae), cover the sand, rocks, and glass, and are pretty commonly available for a good price. They're always the bulk of my crew, I always order some of the other snails too but everything else is always a disappointment.

 

[OnlyTono]

I like Turbos but dang they knock everything over and when they die it's a stinky event! LOL!

yea - I'm dreading the day when my big Trubo bites the dust. he's more than 4in across... it's goign to be quit the "event". :-O

 

[BigJohnny]

1. Trochus - big, fast, can right themselves, work hard
2. Tongan Nassarius (the big ones) - big, fast, clean up all the uneaten food on the sandbed. Stir the sandbed. I love how they all come out from the sand like a zombie hoard.
3. Cerith- better at cleaning the glass IMO then trochus. My trochus usually stick to the rock/powerheads/back wall.

 

[Jizu Puentes]

Banded trochus and stomatellas. Both I like because they move quickly and spawn within my system. The bulk of my stomatella population is in my frag tank and work great at cleaning without knocking over plugs or sandbed corals.

 

[Rufus’ goofs]

Banded trochus and stomatellas.

They're the hardest working, least invasive and most interesting to look at snails I've come across.

Anyone else sensing a trend?

 

[enveeRF]

I love ninja stars... They clean glass perfectly.

 

[iemsparticus]

Banded Trochus Snails hands down. They are lean, mean algae grazing machines!

 

[DHill6]

Red Banded Trochius, as stated above they right their self and I have them from babies to the old folks. They just had another spawning event.

 

[DHill6]

Merited come in second. Gorgeous shells, they fit into tight spots. Only drawback is the white spots they leave which can be scraped off the glass

 

[DHill6]

Dang phone, above was to read Nerite