Nov 14, 2018 · 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 …

Oct 16, 2021 · 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 …

Apr 24, 2019 · · 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 …

Mar 13, 2014 · My trochus snails are absolute beasts consuming anything and everything off of rocks and glass. However these snails leave the sand bed untouched. I dont have much detritus or algae …

May 8, 2023 · 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 …

Feb 3, 2019 · I've found one of my trochus snails upside down in my tank four times now in the past three days. Each time he's been just lying there looking dead, making no effort to right himself, but …

Oct 18, 2023 · Hey folks, I noticed today that my Turbo snails keep throwing themselves onto their backs, as if they're dying, but they're still alive and moving! (This is unusual for my particular snails, …

Oct 13, 2022 · For a smaller tank what snails are the best to control green hair algae but also reef safe? It seems they are all listed as eating algae.

Nov 12, 2024 · Another group have identified as a big vermetid snail. The shell is probably in the rock or covered by the zoas.

Jan 29, 2017 · The snail or molluscivorous species were the second most common and pretty much ate all marine snails. I had Textile, Marbled, and Penniform Cones and they ate any Cowries, Turbo, …