snail problems (2 Viewers)

[turtlesoup2]

hi i have an 46 gallon aquarium with 2 true percula clowns,2 purple fire fish In the tank right know. A couple days ago I bought ten margrita snails, and since 4 of them have died, What do i do.

temp77-78
salt-1.023
anommia-0
nitrite-0
nitrate- 5
ph-8

 

[DustinB]

How did you acclimate them and for how long?

 

[turtlesoup2]

drip aclimated for about an hour

 

[Llama]

Margarita snails do not live in the water temp that we keep our reefs at. I've never been able to keep one alive longer than a few weeks.

You will be much better off with astrea, turbo, and ceriths.

 

[Tnconcept]

+1 turbo they are very hardy.

 

[rxonco]

Margarita snails do not live in the water temp that we keep our reefs at. I've never been able to keep one alive longer than a few weeks.

You will be much better off with astrea, turbo, and ceriths.

+1 this...Margaritas are cooler water snails. They can last a few weeks to months in the warmer waters of our reefs but eventually "cook." Not sure why LFS still sell them.

 

[turtlesoup2]

great ill try some turbo snails next weekend

also the lfs i got them from his tanks were covered with margarita snails.

 

[DustinB]

I've always had the best luck with astrea snails. Be careful with the turbos, they are large and will knock everything over. Only a problem if you have a lot of frags placed on the rocks.

 

[Llama]

I've always had the best luck with astrea snails. Be careful with the turbos, they are large and will knock everything over. Only a problem if you have a lot of frags placed on the rocks.

+1

I listed mine in order of my liking. Plus, turbos hide during the day and astreas work all day and night.

 

[CBBSteve]

Hi, turtlesoup.
My favorite snails are ceriths. They seem to live a long time in my tank and they're good algae eaters. Don't overlook stomatella's - quite possibly the best all round algae control critters out there...

 

[DustinB]

+1 on stomatellas, I don't know anywhere you can buy them but stomatellas are fantastic cleaners. I have a suction cup thermometer in the corner of my tank. I noticed the other day that it was dirty in that corner and there was a stomatella there. Later in the day I saw the entire area was spotless and was ocnvinced my g/f had cleaned it. That stomatella is the only invert in my tank that will actually clean everything spotless. Most snails just mow a path through the area.

 

[turtlesoup2]

how many of the Cerith Snails,Astraea Snails should i get


also the Trochus Snail seems good and they flip them self back over

 

[CBBSteve]

Hi, turtlesoup.
Can't say about astrea's because I stopped buying those a long time ago, but for a 46G, I'd start with a dozen ceriths...

good luck,
Steve

 

[turtlesoup2]

thanks i will get some this saturday
everybody on this form is really helpful for an beginer saltwater aquariumist like me

 

[DustinB]

That's the idea, before long you'll be helping others.

Don't be afraid to ask if you have a question, it can save you a lot of time, trouble, and money.

 

[turtlesoup2]

it already has