Reef packages?

[renogaw]

Originally Posted by scotty37
my lfs promotes a snail called a margarita snail... but I havent paid much attention to it, or looked at it much. I may check it out tho since my turbo snails from here never seem to survive.
Renogaw, I noticed you promoted the red brittle star... which I had never heard of until now. Why is this star better than the others?

sry, its a red serpent, not brittle.

 

[thereefer9]

Well their kinda like a chain of lfs. NOT like ***** though
They all stock the same things and none of them are very good with moblie invertabrates. My lfs has margarita snails but there like $5 each

 

[renogaw]

i've heard margarita's dont do well.
where is "here" thereefer?

 

[thereefer9]

I live in rural NH in the upper vally

 

[thereefer9]

Theres not many pet stores here that carry saltwater

 

[renogaw]

give me an email, mjwag1975 atsign cox.net and i can send you some.

 

[jamparty]

125 REEF CUC
2 fighting conchs
15 mexi turbos (3 in refugium)
10 nassarius (tonga) (2 in refugium)
20 sand sifting snails (5 in refugium)
15 astrea snails
5 emeralds
2 sallys
3 cleaner shrimp
1 cbs
3 peps
1 lawnmower blenny

 

[scotty37]

Originally Posted by renogaw
sry, its a red serpent, not brittle.
I actually found the red brittle ones online however!

 

[renogaw]

yea, but the brittle ones have the spikes all over the arms. mine's a maroon serpent (it actually damaged itself on a silverside it grabbed out of my anenome...has a hole through its side where the silverside poked through)
jam: way too many mexican turbos. only about 1 per 20 gallons (they are MONSTERS). also wouldn't put any snails other than nass. snails in the sump.

 

[jamparty]

Originally Posted by renogaw
yea, but the brittle ones have the spikes all over the arms. mine's a maroon serpent (it actually damaged itself on a silverside it grabbed out of my anenome...has a hole through its side where the silverside poked through)
jam: way too many mexican turbos. only about 1 per 20 gallons (they are MONSTERS). also wouldn't put any snails other than nass. snails in the sump.

rgr rgr...
i'll dig em out and get some nice store credit
thanks for the advice!

 

[renogaw]

Originally Posted by JamParty
rgr rgr...
i'll dig em out and get some nice store credit
thanks for the advice!

can leave them in, your algae will never be visable. problem is, they may starve to death and dead mexican turbo smells B-A-D

 

[scotty37]

I got 3 monster mexican turbos from my lfs this weekend... I highly recommend a few of them.. like renogaw side, one per 20... i think it might say one per 10 on here. No way!

 

[skipperdz]

I personally cant stand blue or scarlet hermits. all they do is kill snails.
get your self extra nassarius snails instead. do the same work minus murdering snails

 

[royal gang]

What's the point of continuing this thread? It got 21/21 (100%) to build your own.

 

[renogaw]

Originally Posted by skipperdz
I personally cant stand blue or scarlet hermits. all they do is kill snails.
get your self extra nassarius snails instead. do the same work minus murdering snails

you must have insane bad luck, and don't know what hermits do
nassarius snails shouldn't go on the rock. hermits shouldn't spent time on the sand (much). if you feed your tank enough the hermits hsouldn't kill off snails if you have enough extra shells in your tank.

 

[reefstar]

Originally Posted by THEREEFER9
I live in rural NH in the upper vally

Wheres what?...
i live near salem and theres a few sw stores around here

 

[thereefer9]

I live in Lebanon and I dont prefer the lebanon pet store. Its not great with invertabrates in my opinon.The plymoth pet store is okay but I dont go there very often. The clarmont pet store is pretty much the same as lebanon pet store. I prefer to buy online because theres more variety

 

[reefstar]

oh, i have never been up there before, i live next to the mass border
most of the store here dont have much of a selection, but they can order stuff for me and call when it comes in so i can pick it up.

 

[thereefer9]

What about bumble bee snails are they any good at cleaning?

 

[mikmcgyver]

Not digging the Margarita's. They are a cool water snail and all the ones i have ever have had gone... Couldnt keep em for longer than 1 week before they died...