Nassarius snails

gypsie32

gypsie32

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Can anyone tell me if Nassarius snails are small, my lfs has them for 1.39 each and they are very tiny. He said all the nass snails are tiny..I need them for my sand bed, just wondering how effective they will be being that tiny. Thanks
 
nas19320

nas19320

Active Member
Mine are really small but they can really move. As soon as food hits the water they rise up out of the sand.
 
gypsie32

gypsie32

Member
Just wanted to make sure I wasn't getting ripped. I dont have any fish in my tank yet, just diatom algae, will the nassarius snails eat on that for now or do I need to go get other food. Thanks
 
gypsie32

gypsie32

Member
I put the peanut size nass snails in my tank and they really do go, as soon as they hit the sand bed they were running! I only bought 10, I think I will go get another dozen.
 
bang guy

bang guy

Moderator
Careful with the quantities. They only can eat carrion, not detritus. If you don't have enough leftover fish food they starve fairly quick. Otherwise they are great snails and useful too!
 
foxthorn

foxthorn

Member
If you're looking for a snail to clean up detritus and algae on the sand bed look for Cerith Snails. I added 8 of these to my 90 last week and I can't believe how fast they have cleaned things up - really amazing.
 
defntleymaybe79

defntleymaybe79

Member
yeah i figure low numbers..i don't want them to destroy all the algae...though i'd like the detritus to be clean up a little more
Cheers
 
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