interest check....reeftopia group buy

[NeveSSL]

Personally, I would go for a mixture of ceriths, golden astreas (absolutely awesome price), and nassarius vibex with an emerald crab or two and maybe a peppermint shrimp or two.

As far as numbers, maybe 50 astrea, 30 nassarius, and 20 ceriths or so would be good I would think.

Just my $0.02, though.

Brandon

 

[NeveSSL]

Forgot to mention, you can get some hermits, too, if you want, but they're definitely not "required" and will always eat each other, but they're cheap from reeftopia, so I figure a few could never hurt.

Brandon

 

[supertech99]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=13672077#post13672077 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by NeveSSL
Personally, I would go for a mixture of ceriths, golden astreas (absolutely awesome price), and nassarius vibex with an emerald crab or two and maybe a peppermint shrimp or two.

As far as numbers, maybe 50 astrea, 30 nassarius, and 20 ceriths or so would be good I would think.

Just my $0.02, though.

Brandon

WOW, I have a 55 and don't have nearly that many snails. I am in for a buy but do you really need that many? currently have 6 narsarrius, 3 tonga narssarius, 1 margarita, and 1 tribanded hermit with a fire shrimp. I wanted to get a couple peps, and some certh but was totally not thinking of ordering 100 snails, but should I? could a lack of snails be leading to my rust colored sand alge buildup?

 

[nighttimenick]

Destiny and I have be out of pocket for awhile ! We have let things get a little out of control. HAIR ALGE in both tanks. I have pulled and got a lawnmower blemmy! It seems the more he eats the more it grows. My clean up crew have about disappeared. Will the lettuce nudibranch help and what kind of snail , hermit crab would be best? Thanks for any information!

 

[DMBillies]

Lettuce slugs, in my experience, do not eat a whole lot of algae and tend to find pump intakes very easily. They are neat, but perhaps not the best critters in this application.

 

[gsusfreak]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=13672224#post13672224 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by supertech99
WOW, I have a 55 and don't have nearly that many snails. I am in for a buy but do you really need that many? currently have 6 narsarrius, 3 tonga narssarius, 1 margarita, and 1 tribanded hermit with a fire shrimp. I wanted to get a couple peps, and some certh but was totally not thinking of ordering 100 snails, but should I? could a lack of snails be leading to my rust colored sand alge buildup?

yea, for astrea snails (unless its the bigger turbos)....i usually put 1 per gallon....nassarius usually 1 for 2/3 gallons....and just a handful of ceriths because they guys reproduce a lot and you have more than you need soon enough.....and hermits IMO really depends on how much you want....they do great with cleaning up the rocks, but i dont want to keep to much around just because they'll kill my nass snails for their shells

 

[Nashvegas]

I'd like some snails and crabs..

50 nass vibex
1 dozen turbos
10 virgin nerite
1 sally lightfoot
1 corky seafinger

 

[Angela Short]

How did them star snails work for you Nashvegas? They are kinda high but cool looking.

 

[cczarnik]

John, I'll go in again- prob need quite a bit of stuff, wouldn't mind splitting some lots with folks again... Chuck (been offline for a while)

 

[NeveSSL]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=13681123#post13681123 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by Angela Short
How did them star snails work for you Nashvegas? They are kinda high but cool looking.

Steve ordered some last year, too. Any thoughts, Steve? Any of your 5 still alive? I think its cool they can flip themselves over.

Brandon

 

[Angela Short]

:wavehand: Chuck!

 

[coral_reefer_25]

When are you going to place the order?

 

[NeveSSL]

There's another thread up, Ryan.

http://reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?threadid=1504325&perpage=25&pagenumber=1

He's taking orders until Friday.

Brandon

 

[coral_reefer_25]

Oh...thanks Brandon