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Best in Shell: Snails for the Reef Aquarium · Nassarius Snail: Unlike other carnivorous snails the Nassarius Snail is purely a scavenger Nassarius is a genus of reef-safe snails common in the aquarium trade They need fine sand and will bury themselves and move around keeping your sand bed clean; they will also roam into crevices in live rock in search of food
Snails and hermit crab compatibility | Reef2Reef The snail will start raising its shell and snapping it back down, and if a hermit is on top of it they might start twisting their shell back and forth to try to throw the crab off The hermits killed two small Astraea snails when I first got them though My Ceriths are also much larger than the crabs and there’s been no problems there
Best in Shell: Snails for the Reef Aquarium | Reef2Reef Seawitch submitted a new Article: Best in Shell: Snails for the Reef Aquarium Snails can be a very useful part of a reef tank, consuming algae, detritus and harmful microfauna that can make life difficult for your corals and fish In a sense they act as a janitorial service for your tank
Best Way to Remove Nerite from Shell? | Reef2Reef Nerite snail just passed away Lived a good life of algae snacking Had a pretty shell Wanted to know the best method of removing the snail from its shell for disposal I'd like to place the shell back into the tank for hermits Is there a way that doesn't involve gradually letting it rot out
What to do about Vermitid snails on an Astrea snail? Removing the snail from the aquarium first is key for a successful extraction of the attached vermin I like to see vermitid guts, and rinse them away before returning the snail to it’s duty station All new hard shell critters need to be screened before they can enter a clean tank
Is it possible for a snail to eat itself to death? | Reef2Reef I suppose a snail could eat something toxic, but since the other snails have not become ill, I am leaning towards “unexplained hobby death” although it sounds like the snail hasn’t moved not died and started to rot Thought that was the same thing So they can stop moving for so long that they rot to death, even if they're still alive?
Hermit crabs dangerous to snails | Reef2Reef I have three or four hermit crabs in my tank Question is, i just introduced 3 nerite snails to my tank 3 4 to 1 inch long, i’ve noticed a couple of smaller snails have been taken over by hermits, does anybody have any experience with the two snails together,thanks