Orange Snails

[craprap]

Does anyone know about "oranage snails". They look like turbo snails, but their foot is bright orange. I mostly want to make sure that they are OK for a Reef tank with live rock and live sand. The LFS said they would be great, but I also bought a star sifting star from them today, and just saw in another post they are bad for live sand beds.

 

[saltyrich]

I would avoid these snails although they look great. They require cooler water conditions than you can provide in a reef setup. They will not live that long.

 

[marvida]

They may have been Red Foot snails, also called Mexican Redfoot snails. If so they are a temperate water snail that needs water temps lower than 74 degrees. They are great snails, they just don't tolerate warm water for long.

 

[meadbhb]

HIya,
One of my LFS got some orange footed turbo's in this week. That's what they labled them as too.
Meadbhb

 

[marvida]

I've seen Red Footed snails sold as Red Footed Turbos, same problem, temperate water animals.