"clean up crew recommendations" sticky?

[GhostCon1]

I never see all of my snails, which is something like 4 remaining Mexican Dwarf Cerith, 7-9 Caribbean Dwarf Cerith, 5-7 Nassarius, 4 Bumble Bee, 1 green Turbo and 1 Mexican Turbo. The Nassarius are hard to accurately count since some of them could possibly be juvenile Mexican Dwarf Cerith. They laid eggs their 1st week in the tank and the two look pretty similar when small.

Well, I know why you never see your snails.

 

[Mark9]

I think there are enough stickys already, it's only snails and crabs, not rocket science.
And besides, some people seem to thrive on attempting to get their thread a sticky, like it's a badge of honor or something.

 

[CStrickland]

I use 2-3 snails per gallon, accounting for the size of the snail. Reefcleaners has a good survival rate, I've only seen 2 or 3 dead out of about a 100. Do follow their acclimation procedure, you can't drip shipped shipped cuc. The ones I've gotten extra of are little guys like dwarf ceriths where it's prolly easier to just scoop out a handful than count them.

Lol, no!
A snails for every 2-3 gallons hahaha that would be a lot of snails :sad1:

 

[Shawn O]

Well, I know why you never see your snails.

Lol, I see your point, but it doesn't seem to be the case in my tank. My Bumble Bees are always grazing on the rocks, the glass or the bottom of the tank. I've never witnessed them on (or after) another snail but have seen them eating algae off of empty snail shells. They have too much easy food available. I was concerned at first (they came with the tank) but have come to realize they're not really predators so much as janitors of dead stuff. It's said that they prey on bristle worms also. With the number of large and growing bristle worms in my tank, I don't think they are a threat to them, either.