Originally Posted by
Flower
http:///forum/post/3174550
What have you got against crabs? Hermits are the best brown algae eaters, for green algae try a lawnmower blenny.
I don't like crabs either. They are snail killers. So either I choose snails or crabs to go in my tank... snails aren't opportunistic so I go with them.
The temp of the tank can be on the high side depending on what type of snails you keep. Do you have any pictures of shells of the deceased. Commonly sold snails from seemingly repeatable dealers list coldwater snails as warm water. They belong in cold water. Period. You won't get very long out of them in warmer water. Snails like Margarita snails and some turbos.
Lettuce nudis favour byropsis.... they don't do so much for the standard hair algae.
But we have to get to the bottom of why your snails are dying before you extend to chices that aren't as hardy.
What are you nitrates?
Do you buy your snails from the same place all the time. Do you have an option of buying them elsewhere? Sometimes the death of the snails aren't on us at all even though they die in our tanks. They are the most abused critter in this hobby on their travels to get to our vendors. It's a shame they aren't treated with more respect. But sometimes our tanks are the "final straw".
