turbo Snials

[purplefire]

I have a 30 gallon reef tank (20 poundslive rock THATS) in there i have a clown and a scooter gob.
I was wandering if i put turbo snials in is there plu or minus side and what are they
How many should i put in my tank
how fast do they reproduce

 

[farslayer]

I assume you mean a scooter blenny, in which case you do not have enough live rock to feed him. He eats pots and 20lbs of rock won't cut it. You need between 1.5 and 2 pounds of LR per gallon as well. You can add snails, about one per ten gallons IME is fine. They are colder water creatures as well I believe.

 

[jerth6932]

diffrent types of snails require diffrent types of room! I have heard is as said prior 10G to one, all the way down to 1G to 1 snail..... so just research which type you like, and the pourpous you are puting it in there for!!!! Which type are you currently looking at, or what are you wanting them to do for your tank?

 

[granny]

I agree with Farslayer. You need lots more live rock! Put that in next-with your turbo grazers. Many snails eat the encrusting algae and even the diatoms that come up in new tanks so you could get a selection of different kinds. as far as reproducing, I dont know.
I have always have a variety of snails, but dont think have ever had any babies.
Its awful hard for anything newborn to survive since they are captives they usually become food for something or other.

 

[granny]

I meant to tell you that I have only 17 turbo snails in my 75 gallon and they are adequate. They keep the tank sides and everything nice and clean. I also have some nassarius snails which are great for cleaning up the bottom, but they need a sand bed. If you have sand, I would definitely add a few of those.