Hello Everybody have snail ?

[joejoe12]

I have a 55 gallon aquarium I had it for about 6 month with it filtering and started to get algae about 2 month ago got 2 algea hermit crab very very small (even hard to find in tank) lol. lots of live rock then later bought 2 zebra turbo snail about 2 weeks later then bought a chocochip starfish . Everything seems to be going well the ate alot of the algae but I noticed the snail bodies not the shell seem to be turning green. why is the bodies turning green???? are they running out of food????

[phoenixhieghts]

Maybe they just ate too much green stuff and are turning colour as a result???
Or maybe they are maturing??

[baugherb]

Welcome to 3Reef>>> I honestly wouldn't worry about it... Especially since their still alive....

[omard]

Sounds to me like you need a bunch more hermits and a few more snails.

Also, one less starfish.


Good Luck.

[GeejEx]

Get a lot more snails. They don't move much, it's probably just algae forming on the shells. Take the chocolate chip back, he'll have a hard time finding much to eat. Trade him in for a dozen assorted reef safe snails (atreas, turbos, etc.)