[wtd] Pyramid Snails - wanted

[Sea-Horse]

Hi All

Any nassarius snails available . I have been asking at several LFS's but no stock in recent weeks. If anybody has spotted a some of the clean up crew members please share.

Much Appreciated
Andre

 

[faizaandock]

hi think i have not sure if its same snail you want do you know another name for them

 

[Sea-Horse]

Snails

I am looking for the snails responsible for keeping the substrate clean. They tend to live in the sand and only have a small percent of the shell sticking out. The others common one's in the cleaning crew are the algae eating guys who tend to live on the glass - them I do have

 

[TaahirS]

I am looking for the snails responsible for keeping the substrate clean. They tend to live in the sand and only have a small percent of the shell sticking out. The others common one's in the cleaning crew are the algae eating guys who tend to live on the glass - them I do have

I think you're looking for nassarius snails.

Pyramid snails are pests and chow clams.

 

[Sea-Horse]

Taahirs, you could be correct, I was told to get nassarius snails to eat the hair algae and Pyramid snails to keep the gravel clean. I manage to get what I believed was nassarius snails who are keeping the glass green hair algae free but it could be that I have the wrong snails name.

Any advice on gravel cleaning snails - Thanks

 

[TaahirS]

Nassarius are the gravel cleaning ones. You'll hardly ever see them as they live under the sand.

 

[Sea-Horse]

Thanks TaahirS

 

[Sea-Horse]

Any LFS's with nassarius snails available

 

[Aquetas]

ill send you a pm. I saw them in a shop yesterday

 

[Sea-Horse]

Thank you Aquetas

 

[Devil Dog]

I think Dorrys has some stock left... just tell them so scrape through the substrate