I have had my 37 gallon salt tank up and running for about 8 months now.. all i have in it are 2 false percula clowns and 1 skunk shrimp. I have moderate algea buildup in the tank.. i decided to buy some Atlantic turbo snails.. i bought 5 of them.. how many do i need to take care of my tanks algea problem?
How many Turbo snails for my tank?
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I have 3 turbo snails and about 15 hermit crabs in my 30 gallon tank (11 months old) and they are slightly behind on algae duty. I could use 2-3 more snails for the glass and rockwork. Drs. Foster and Smith give 26 snails and 10 hermit crabs with their algae attack pack designed for 30 gallon aquariums
http://www.liveaquaria.com/product/prod_Display.cfm?pCatId=1944
The turbo snail is quite an amazing algae eater. My heater mouting bracket (about 4 inches long) was completely covered in thick hair algae that was 1-2 inches long. I spotted my turbo snail as he started eating the algae on the bracket. 90 minutes later the bracket was completely clean; spotless
I think he ate his own body weight worth of algae in about an hour and a half.
http://www.liveaquaria.com/product/prod_Display.cfm?pCatId=1944
The turbo snail is quite an amazing algae eater. My heater mouting bracket (about 4 inches long) was completely covered in thick hair algae that was 1-2 inches long. I spotted my turbo snail as he started eating the algae on the bracket. 90 minutes later the bracket was completely clean; spotless
I think he ate his own body weight worth of algae in about an hour and a half.I have one per gallon....okay I try to have one each per gallon. For my 75 I have 50 turbo, 25 ummm......I don't know-they are the smaller ones, then I have 50 red legged herms and 50 red leg.
I came home today and 3 of my snails are at the top of the tank half in and half out of water.. is that normal?
Jeffd1979 said:
Mine do that on occassion. I always just leave them alone. They always ended up moving later.