Where to buy CUC
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There has been much negative feedback about R2Go... DOA's and small specimens... There has been positive feedback too... So the call is yours to make...
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I think I have decided to order from Reefs2go. Anybody want to add something, go to the CUC tread that Dana started. Joel, the Astreas that you wanted are more expensive with these folks. I do not think I am going to order any. Several folks say they cannot turn themselves back over. I will post what I want in a day or two. We will order on Tuesday of next week. Pick up will be Friday of next week. I am off that day. So, I will get them at UPS. At least that is the plan now.
EvilMel
is a serious goby fanatic
Astreas are a classic component of the cleanup crew...astreas and blue legs.
I don't like astreas personally but it's just because I can't stand the thought of them starving to death because they can't right themselves once turned over. I was always checking the tank several times a day to see if I needed to turn any of them over. That's too much pressure and I don't have time.
I don't like astreas personally but it's just because I can't stand the thought of them starving to death because they can't right themselves once turned over. I was always checking the tank several times a day to see if I needed to turn any of them over. That's too much pressure and I don't have time.
macclellan
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Eddie, I think you just got punked! I've always assumed that was fake. There's no way you could catch a 6 foot shark with a little surf casting rod. If there is, I want to hear the story too. :clown:
Jeez Mel, you worry a lot about the possible suffering barely sentient creatures for a person who eats mammals reared expressly for that purpose. :hammer:
I was paranoid about astreas based on what I read, not out of sympathy (snails don't register for much on my moral compass), but because I didn't want to buy snails that just die or get their houses hijacked by hermits. Fishdoc recommended them, so I figured trying a few wouldn't hurt. Well, it's been >6 months and I haven't had to flip one yet...and I've seen them right themselves on sand... maybe I got the LE gymnast variety? None have been killed by hermits. They are also extremely active.
I can't say the same for Ceriths. They are worthless... $1.25 hermit shells. They just sit on the sand and do nothing except wait for the blue legs to come and eat them alive. :strooper:
Jeez Mel, you worry a lot about the possible suffering barely sentient creatures for a person who eats mammals reared expressly for that purpose. :hammer:
I was paranoid about astreas based on what I read, not out of sympathy (snails don't register for much on my moral compass), but because I didn't want to buy snails that just die or get their houses hijacked by hermits. Fishdoc recommended them, so I figured trying a few wouldn't hurt. Well, it's been >6 months and I haven't had to flip one yet...and I've seen them right themselves on sand... maybe I got the LE gymnast variety? None have been killed by hermits. They are also extremely active.
I can't say the same for Ceriths. They are worthless... $1.25 hermit shells. They just sit on the sand and do nothing except wait for the blue legs to come and eat them alive. :strooper:
GPhiAce
New member
i have seen asterinas right themselves too, but not to common. And there was always something nearby like a rock or something for them to grab on or they were not completely on there back. They do have alot of activity. They are classic parts of the CUC and I like them. Never worried really about looking several times a day to see if they fell or something. The snails that start with an N are cool too and fast. Only see them at feeding time and night.
macclellan
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Asterinas or Astreas? 
Hittin' the crack pipe a bit early today, aren't we?
Nassarius (not nerites).
Hittin' the crack pipe a bit early today, aren't we?
If there is one thing you can say about Joel it is that he will never be caught “straddling the fenceâ€Â. 
Joel, I was going with - I do not need to spend money on snails that will soon die ( the little time I had some, they did turn over and die) and not only die but add to the bioload, not much for each snail of course, and grow more algae and need more snails.
:rollface:
The cerith snails are working in my tank now. They are $.39 to $.69 depending on how many and how big from the Reef2go place.
Joel, I was going with - I do not need to spend money on snails that will soon die ( the little time I had some, they did turn over and die) and not only die but add to the bioload, not much for each snail of course, and grow more algae and need more snails.
:rollface:
The cerith snails are working in my tank now. They are $.39 to $.69 depending on how many and how big from the Reef2go place.
It is generally the wild collected specimens that I think Chris is referring to... They are sensitive to temperature changes, and sometimes do not do well in warmer reef tanks... Those that have been at the CR and other LFS for a while are generally the ones that will make it, but you never know how long they have been in, and what kind of conditions they were kept in when ordering from an OFS...
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