CuC Advise???

[MadCnty]

Ok... I know which snails are good for glass (Astraea), substrate (Nassarius), but what is the best cleaner snail for your rock??? This is a nano 20G, and I plan on having 5 each of Nassarius, Astraea, & Scarlet Hermits... I just need 5 more of a good rock cleaner, then should be G2G... Thanks in advance!!!

 

[DLreef]

get 1 large Mexican turbo snail, it will easily clean all of your live rock

 

[twheat18]

Personally I don't care for astrea snails because they cannot flip themselves over and therefore often die unless you reach in and flip them over.

I prefer banded trochus snails for rock and glass. They are constantly moving/working and can flip themselves over the vast majority of the time.

As you mention nassarius snails are great for your sand.

 

[MelloW33]

Cerith and nerite snails are great.

 

[Zenkie83]

Not a fan of turbo snails , there like bulldozers if you don't have your frags glued down

 

[scottsdale454ss]

Turbo snails and Ceriths for me. Everything else seems to just die.

 

[Dkuhlmann]

In addition to the snails listed the Scarlet hermits are amazing cleaners and won't kill anything nor will they eat corals. This is the only crab that I'll allow in my DT.

 

[alton]

I have never been a snail person, always a Scarlet and Hawaiian crab person but one of our local club members placed a group order from Reeftopia for astrea snails and I got 50 which have turned out to be unbelievable. No issues with not being able to flip over either.

 

[cloak]

I would just get a few Trochus snails and perhaps a couple Scarlet hermit crabs for your rocks/power heads. Use something like a Mag-Float for the glass. As far as your substrate goes, just stir it up or vacuum it on a regular basis. If poop/detritus is a problem, solving this with something that poops is not really the best way to go about this IMO. If you just want some pets though then by all means add whatever you want. GL.