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      December 29th, 2008
Cerinth snails are great algae eaters, one of the few that you will see a clean trail behind their eating.

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      December 30th, 2008
Astraea, turbo, nassarius, cerith, trochus, and bumblebee snails are all good. Stay away from margarita snails. You should get a star fish (stick with either brittle or serpent stars). One or two emerald crabs also.

 
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      December 31st, 2008
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Astraea, turbo, nassarius, cerith, trochus, and bumblebee snails are all good. Stay away from margarita snails. You should get a star fish (stick with either brittle or serpent stars). One or two emerald crabs also.

Just wondering why not margarita snails?

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      December 31st, 2008
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Just wondering why not margarita snails?
they are a colder water snail and usually do not live long at the temps a reef stays at

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      December 31st, 2008
looking great !! Good job, One suggerstion would be to replace the HOB filter which looks like an emperor with a HOB skimmer.

 
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      December 31st, 2008
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Just wondering why not margarita snails?
Margarita snails are usually collected off the Pacific coast, where the water is way colder than reef temps. They usually don't live more than a couple weeks, they basically slowly cook to death.

 
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      December 31st, 2008
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Margarita snails are usually collected off the Pacific coast, where the water is way colder than reef temps. They usually don't live more than a couple weeks, they basically slowly cook to death.
That works for me thanks for the informaton!

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      December 31st, 2008
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looking great !! Good job, One suggerstion would be to replace the HOB filter which looks like an emperor with a HOB skimmer.
Yes, I want to upgrade the filter soon. I am just not sure with what yet, I really want a refugium too so I am thinking about getting one of the all in one sump/refugium. I promissed my girlfriend that I would wait until my b-day next month before I got anything big so hopefully that is a hint. I have seen the DIY refugium kits on e-bay for like $20, I already have a small tank not being used and I have seen some good designes of ones in the DIY fourms. I just need to figure out if I can really DIY or if I will buy one.

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      December 31st, 2008
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Margarita snails are usually collected off the Pacific coast, where the water is way colder than reef temps. They usually don't live more than a couple weeks, they basically slowly cook to death.
ha i finaly beat you to one biff

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      December 31st, 2008
You'll come out a lot cheaper by DIYing a fuge.You dont even need those kits.Just a tube of silicone,some acrylic or glass for a couple of baffles and your set.

 
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