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- 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
- 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
· 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
- Colorful “frills” on Trochus Snail | Reef2Reef
My trochus snail has had these colorful for a while now and I’m wondering if they’re harmful what they are I’ve had some trochus snail eggs hatch recently if that helps!
- 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
- Worm? Snail? Lives in a hole in rock next to some zoas. Has sweeper . . .
Another group have identified as a big vermetid snail The shell is probably in the rock or covered by the zoas
- 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
- Snail and slug control from a veterinary perspective
This article discusses some of the slug and snail control products and the dangers of some of these products to our own pets
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