what are better astrea or turbo snails

[clevebill]

i always bought astrea snails or turbo snails better or have a mix in the tank.

 

[Kreeger1]

It's good to have a combo of both, turbo's eat more algae but they are larger

 

[carman9941]

and are bulldozers

 

[Kreeger1]

yes they are

 

[princesuhaib]

I have variety of snails in my tank, best combo is to mix it up IMHO

 

[jddaniel]

I've found that std trochus snails are a good long term solution to the astrea habit. They rarely come off the rock/glass and when they do they can flip themselves.
Most turbo species prefer cooler temps than what a lot of us run our tanks at for best health. They do comsume a ton of algae, but are definately bulldozers.

 

[Tswifty]

I prefer Trochus to Astreas as well. In my tank I keep a mix of Nassarius, Trochus, Cerith Snails... and a few Emerald Mithrax Crabs.

 

[DiscoReefRover]

+3 on trochus

 

[serpentman]

Trochus are by far the best. Although expensive at first, they do reproduce in your tank in time. Just caught one of mine "smoking".