trochus snails or Cerith Snails?

[knoxtnreef]

what does everyone think of trochus snails as a cleanup crew for a 75g reef? I need to start stocking and don't want to mess this up. God knows once I add the buggers i cant get them all out. Also, what about Cerith Snails?

thanks

 

[BrianPlankis]

Trochus snails are one of the best grazers available in the hobby. They are from warm water (reef tank temps), most can flip themselves over if they fall to a sandbed and will occasionally reproduce on their own.

Cerith snails are good grazers, but many are from cold water locations so they don't last as long as some warm water snails. But they usually live longer than Mexican turbos or margarita snails, so they are a better choice than those.

There are some smaller "Ceriths" in the hobby that will reproduce in tanks that lack predators.

Brian

 

[Pea-brain]

Im a big fan of ceriths (though I didn't know that most were cold water, and now I do, and knowing is half the battle! ) nass snails to stir the sandbed, nerites for glass grazing (though they do have a tendency to climb out of tanks, but not too often) and astreas for rock grazing.

Dan

 

[knoxtnreef]

Sound about like what I bought today to start

Cerith Snail 20 x
Nassarius Snail 8 x
Scarlet Reef Hermit Crab 7 x
Astraea Turbo Snail - 12 x
Urchin 1 x