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02-21-2008, 12:14 PM
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| | Fire Shrimp
Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Michigan Age: 22
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Originally Posted by amcarrig  Survival of the fittest  I'm able to overlook the extra work that is required to keep astreas alive (flipping them back over if they fall on their backs) because they're such great algae eaters  | After the loss of two, when i see one of my astreas flipped over, I try helping him back up too, I just dont want to lose anymore. Although my nassarius I had a feast when the other two died!
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75 gallon:1 shrimp-killing long nose hawk, leather toadstool, yellow leather, branching hammers, favia, zoas, mushrooms, frogspawn, flower looking clover polyps, anthelia, green star polyps, pearl bubble coral, red brain thing, elegance coral and a orange sun coral looking thing. Hermits, sandsifting snails, turbo snails.
Nano: 2 Nemos, a royal gramma, 1 clener shrimp, a couple hermits, 1 turbo snail, a mushroom rock and a sebae anemone. | 
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02-21-2008, 12:20 PM
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#12 (permalink)
| | Gigas Clam
Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Beverly Hills, MI Age: 17
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how many snails should i even have i know 50 is recommended but ive heard of people doing way more than that | |
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02-21-2008, 12:39 PM
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| | 3reef Moderator
Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Wethersfield, CT Age: 39
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I like to use 2-3 snails per gallon but that's me | |
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02-22-2008, 11:59 AM
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#14 (permalink)
| | Gigas Clam
Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Beverly Hills, MI Age: 17
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thanks alot | |
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02-22-2008, 12:30 PM
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| | Giant Squid
Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: niles, ohio Age: 32
Posts: 3,589
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Originally Posted by amcarrig I like to use 2-3 snails per gallon but that's me | Man, thats a snail fesival!!!!!! _________ My Tank Thread...... EST. 10/30/07 5.5 gal, 72watt's of pc's, rio skimmer, hob rated at 40 gal, stealth heater, b/w aussie clown, rainford goby, emerald crab, turbo, bumble bee, astrea, and nassarius snails, aussie open brain, pink birdsnest, wallhammer, multiple acro's, numerous monti's, zoa's, palys, ppd's, duncans, mint gsp's, reg gsp's, blue clove polyps, grn bali slimer, and tons of ppl sponges. | |
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02-23-2008, 09:22 AM
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| | Zoanthid
Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: CT
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Keep the empty snail shells on the bottom of the tank, so that your hermit crabs can move into them if they want to. I bought some really nice small conch shells and threw them in the bottom, and already 2 hermit crabs have moved into them. I really like the Super Tongan Nassarius Snails. Whenever the anemone is done digesting and spits out the waste, those snails are on it in less than a minute.
I'd also like to find out what else will help eat the hairy green algae on my LR and the back glass of my tank. I'm thinking about picking up an algae blenny today, and maybe an emerald crab - but I'm a little worried about the emerald crab going after my fish or hermit crabs, and snails.
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02-23-2008, 03:48 PM
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#17 (permalink)
| | Fire Shrimp
Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Myerstown, PA Age: 21
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I have two electric blue hermit crabs that have been picking at hair algae, they are large but peaceful, though they are clumsy around stuff, so they might know corals over, one even cleaned my atreas shell that had hair algae on it, the snail didnt like the hitchhicker but he didnt bother the snail in any harmful way and went about his business afterwards, also if you have a large enough tank and hairy sea hare would be cool to have, my LFS has one, interesting to watch, it moves alot faster then a snail. also a lettuce nudibranch will eat hair algae i believe
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...AGA 46 gal. bowfront, coralife 192watt aqualight, koralia 4, aqua c remora w/maxijet 1200 and surface skim box,200watt heater, 40 pounds black aragonite reef sand, 50 lbs. LR...cycling at the moment...
...12 gal. Nano-Cube, heavily modded, becoming a QT/Hospital tank for the new 46 | |
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02-24-2008, 07:37 PM
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#18 (permalink)
| | Gigas Clam
Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Beverly Hills, MI Age: 17
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the nudibranch and sea hare will eat hair algae also dont worry about the emerald green grab they dont even have pincers they are not meant to eat fish | |
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02-24-2008, 08:20 PM
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| | Montipora Digitata
Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Columbus, Indiana Age: 24
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Originally Posted by Godbert what types of algae will the ceriths eat? ive got a bit of a hair algae problem  | I have a buddy that had (has) a bad hair algae problem and he picked up a bunch of turbo snails, and I have to say they are doing the trick!! There can be really long strands and they will mow right over them! For hair algae I would recommend turbos!! Quote:
Originally Posted by baugherb Man, thats a snail fesival!!!!!! | I heard a good variety at 5 per gallon is the key!!! Talk about a festival!!
The keyword I believe is "variety"! _________ 55 gallon reef aquarium, 85 lbs. live rock, 2 1/2" sandbed, False Percula Clown & Foxface, Tetratec PF500 filter, 2 110 watt URI Super Actinic VHO actinics, 2 250 watt metal halides with Reef Optix 2 reflectors powered by Blue Wave 3 ballast Born 1/3/08 My Tank Thread My Tank Video
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02-24-2008, 09:07 PM
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#20 (permalink)
| | Gnarly Old Codfish
Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Silverdale, Washington Age: 59
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Originally Posted by bmshehan I have a buddy that had (has) a bad hair algae problem and he picked up a bunch of turbo snails, and I have to say they are doing the trick!! There can be really long strands and they will mow right over them! For hair algae I would recommend turbos!!
I heard a good variety at 5 per gallon is the key!!! Talk about a festival!!
The keyword I believe is "variety"! |
Turbo's are my favorite for glass/rock cleanup...they just go and go, work and work.
Trochus do same.
Only have 3 large Zebra Turbos and maybe a half dozen Banded Trochus Snails in main tank and rocks/glass stay algae free.
The Zebra Turbos are about 2 to 3 times larger then other turbos and do about 5 times as much work as the Atlantic variety
Guess might be reason I have never yet had any hair algae show up in tank.  _________ AG "125," AquaC EV 180, 30 gal sump, "SCWD", 80 lbs LR, CoralSeaLife "Moonlite" Hood, PFO 250W HQI Mini-Pendant (SPS HQI 14000k bulb)
12 Gallon NanoCube - 24w stock PC 50/50 light "...nothing good ever happens fast in a reef tank, only bad things happen fast..."
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