Red foot moon snail in warm water tank

[maury]

I have since learned, after ordering three of them, that these snails are cold-water animals that will not live in a reef tanks temperature. Well, it's been two weeks now, and they show so signs of slowing down. They are some of my best algae eaters. The tank stays near 80 degrees, yet it hasn't seemed to faze them. So am I just fooling myself in thinking I have beat millions of years on evolution and the snails are going to die soon, or has anyone managed to keep them in an 80-degree tank?

 

[byrself]

where did you get them from? maybe someone's been "tank raising" them. i believe they can adjust if made to do it over time. kinda like they acclimate freshwater fish to live in saltwater tanks. if they are that good at removing algae, someone may be trying this. <img src="graemlins//confused.gif" border="0" alt="[confused]" />

 

[joe's reefer]

they did fine in mine but i traded them in