astrea snails

[dustintx]

So I bought 4 of those snails and they seem to poop a lot in my 20 tall. Should I be concerned of ammonia spike? Any advice?

 

[bang guy]

No worries there. Do you have any Bristle Worms or Sea Cucumber to clean up the poop?

 

[dustintx]

No. Should I get some?

 

[bang guy]

A lot of people don't like Bristle worms but in my opinion they are the most valuable clean up crew available. A piece of fresh live rock will almost assure you of acquiring some worms. If not I would imagine there are many hobbiests that would be willing to give some away.
The 20 might be a bit smallish for a Cucumber but, one advantage of a Cucumber is that they can grow and even shrink to match the food supply. Very few other animals can survive shrinking down to match their environment.

 

[dustintx]

Wow,that's pretty cool. Sea cucumbers will clean rocks too or just stay on bottom? There was poop all over my rocks after the snails cleaned them.

 

[rickross23]

I know the tiger-tail cuce stays almost exclusively to the sandbed, but I'm not sure about the others..I would think they nigt be the same as bristleworms.