Miguelh1302
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Guys anybody has any idea what might that be????? Thanks
Round looking green and black thing n the sand
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Guys anybody has any idea what might that be????? Thanks
MondoBongo
Obligate Feeder Obsessed
Miguelh1302
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Lmao crap I didn't think about that, I do know they can't flip back, I missed this one because am getting home to a dark tank, something to watch for, thanks guys
MondoBongo
Obligate Feeder Obsessed
Those turbo snails are a big pile of mess. Unless you have a really large clean up crew, it might be a better idea to remove it. They stink to high heaven too.
Always remove them,,why keep that rotting mess in your DT..Each to thier own I guess,,but all dead animals get removed in my system ASAP..LOLOL
Miguelh1302
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Lmao I usually remove all of them but the hermit craps, just in case somebody wants to use it
why? What removes them from the ocean when they die?
the cleanup crew....hermits, other snails, shrimp, etc.
thelawnwrangler
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I am snail suicide duty every other day
I think the get on the business end of that powerhead and right on their back in the sand lol
I think the get on the business end of that powerhead and right on their back in the sand lol
MondoBongo
Obligate Feeder Obsessed
the ocean tends to be a slightly larger place than your average home aquarium.
All I'm saying is, removing it is completely unnecessary. It's an ecosystem and it's made to handle things like that (unless the tank is a week old). Snails and hermits will eat it. It's free food.
heathlindner25
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You should always remove dead turbo snails if you have a smaller system . They become a huge stinky mess when they die.
Miguelh1302
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I agree with all of u guys, but like chimmike says, there's nothing like free food, plus some people out there like the realistic look of those empty shells on the sand
MondoBongo
Obligate Feeder Obsessed
the empty shell is fine, once it's actually empty.
keep in mind, most of us go through a large of trouble to make sure the nutrients going in to our systems don't outpace the nutrients coming out of our systems. that's how you end up with nitrates and/or phosphates, and the associated problems like algae blooms.
if you dumped a whole can of fish food in to your tank, it would have a similar effect.
but, your tank, your call.
keep in mind, most of us go through a large of trouble to make sure the nutrients going in to our systems don't outpace the nutrients coming out of our systems. that's how you end up with nitrates and/or phosphates, and the associated problems like algae blooms.
if you dumped a whole can of fish food in to your tank, it would have a similar effect.
but, your tank, your call.
similar effect to 1 snail dying?
I think you're highly overestimating this.
How many of you guys have found empty shells in your tanks before, because you can't catch every single snail or hermit that dies when it's freshly dead? I never once had a dead snail cause any algae or crash to any of my multiple tanks. I think it's insane to even think a dead snail is going to wreck the quality or parameters or even affect them in any major way.
MondoBongo
Obligate Feeder Obsessed
i've lost large turbos before. the most recent one sat there for a day or two before i realized it was dead and pulled it out. it stunk to high heaven, and was still quite full of rotting gastropod. my CUC had barely put a dent in it.
i didn't say that it would single handedly cause your tank to crash, or completely ruin your water quality. in most systems dumping a whole mess of food in there won't cause things to implode either, but it can certainly be a contributing factor.
it's pretty simple: a large amount of organic material decomposing in your tank isn't what you want. if it didn't matter we wouldn't spend so much time an energy on things like nutrient export, fuges, carbon dosing, etc...
once again though, it's your tank. so do with it what you will. my cuc gets plenty enough to snack on from what the fish miss during feeding times. i don't need a big stanky, gooey mess of a gold ball sized snail rotting in my tank to feed them with.
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