Snails at the local restaurant....

[bikerboy]

They have like a huge bag of live snails and clams, and all sort of neat things at this chinese grocery place by me.

I was wondering if I could just grab them, freshwater dip them to kill any parasites, and then throw them in the tank.

They are meant for human consumption so I am figuring it is ok, right?

Also, I had a green leg stripped or whatever its call hermit crab and the damn thing picks EVERYTHING to death. My live rock and inverts are all getting picked off by it. So I got rid of it yesterday. The LFS guy gave me 3 turbo snails in trade.

So will these turbo snails eat the little tube worms that are young and growning on the live rock or????

thx

 

[mbbuna]

no offence my friend, but you have an unknown crab that you want to get rid of and a big of unknown snails and clams that you want to dump in your tank.

doesnt sound like a good idea.

find out what you have first. then think about putting it in your tank.

 

[bikerboy]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=7355923#post7355923 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by mbbuna
no offence my friend, but you have an unknown crab that you want to get rid of and a big of unknown snails and clams that you want to dump in your tank.

doesnt sound like a good idea.

find out what you have first. then think about putting it in your tank.

I thought I had a pic but the experts we have here identified it as a hermit that was not super benefical...

It cost me $3 at petco. so figure its one of those cheapie ones. The snails from what I understand are from the gulf Of Mexico by Texas....

So how does this info that you know now affect your opinion...



thanks ..

 

[jjmg]

I live on the Gulf of Mexico by Florida and I wouldn't put any snail, crab or clam into my tank from the Gulf unless I knew exactly what it was. By the way the northern Gulf is not considered tropical so you may run into problems with your tanks temp. JMHO