Bumble Bee snails

[monsinour]

OK, just tell me what paint is safe!

 

[mrdc]

You need to go visit your local Sherwin-Williams rep for that answer.

 

[saxman]

Honestly...they really are safe unless you happen to be a small worm, etc. Again, we simply like to point out that bumbles aren't what peeps say they are.
Get your kid a couple and you'll be a hero and your tank will never know.

 

[levinjac]

haha

 

[jaxfishgirl]

I have 6 bumble bee snails in my 75 gal. If they see a snail turned over on it's back, it will eat it. Here is my picture of them ganging up on an astrea snail that found itself upside down. But they don't mess with the coral or the snails unless they are upside down. i love the bumble bee snails

 

[jaxfishgirl]

Oh, and I have a million bristle worms in my tank....

 

[meowzer]

Quote:
Originally Posted by JAXFishGirl http:///forum/thread/380946/bumble-bee-snails/20#post_3316737
Oh, and I have a million bristle worms in my tank....
HEY JAX.....How do you know the Bumble Bees aren't sneaking up behind them and tipping them over.....HUH....

 

[jaxfishgirl]

Lmao, I guess they could be snail tipping. LOL

 

[levinjac]

like thAT barenayard kid from that one move "It;s called snail tipping Ha Ha Haaa"

 

[monsinour]

I'll get 2 of them to appease the daughter. But I wont add them until a long time from now.

 

[levinjac]

altho astrea tipp them selves they are always flipping in my tank

 

[btldreef]

Quote:
Originally Posted by levinjac http:///forum/thread/380946/bumble-bee-snails/20#post_3316885
altho astrea tipp them selves they are always flipping in my tank
Which is why I always suggest Trochus snails over Astrea snails. Trochus can usually flip themselves back over.

 

[cranberry]

I really like trochus.
We had a bumblebee snail for something like 8 years..... I was disappointed when he died.

 

[meowzer]

Quote:
Originally Posted by Cranberry http:///forum/thread/380946/bumble-bee-snails/20#post_3316919
I really like trochus.
We had a bumblebee snail for something like 8 years..... I was disappointed when he died.
I finally got some trochus.....for me it's hard to find them One site that I have ordered from recently just happens to have them, so I bought a few...
swf doesn't

 

[cranberry]

They are VERY hard to find here too. We snap some up everytime we see them.

 

[mrdc]

It took my LFS forever to get some trochus for me.

 

[jaxfishgirl]

hmmm, i must look into these trochus snails.

 

[btldreef]

My LFS almost always has trochus snails, I'm lucky

 

[monsinour]

I would imagine that these trochus snails are good snails to get? what is their diet?

 

[mrdc]

They are algae grazers like turbos.