My sand is alive!

[Brian_G]

Is there anything other than snails and fish that will clean the sand and stir it in new aquariums.

 

[yote]

Conchs will stir it up some.

 

[Hiker4twenty]

Saltwater Aquarium Invertebrates for Marine Reef Aquariums: Abalone - Aquacultured#

 

[Brian_G]

wow hikerr that thing is crazy looking haha

 

[dcantucson]

No :pooh:
I've never seen one of those. Creepy!

 

[Brian_G]

Haha. Read the orgin: aquacultured. So they came from an experiment?

edit: live aquaria says "farm raised from around the world"

BUT FROM WHERE!!?

 

[Bifferwine]

From the world, duh!! ;)

Your best bets are cerith snails, conchs and nassarius snails. I'd get at least 20 nassarius (pea-sized) or 10 (golf ball sized) for a 75 gallon.

 

[project5k]

are thoes in order of preference?

 

[Brian_G]

From the world, duh!!

haha thanks biff. they are just creepy and i dont think i will use them. they might give me nightmares.:mrgreen:

but anyway i got a few more snails.
i a up to 18 astrias 6 certihs 6 margaritas( i havent heard anyone talk about them but im gonna give em a shot) 4 nerites and 8 blue legged hermits :helm2::helm2:

i hope that will be able to keep up with my tank. we will have to see

the reef store said the brown/green shmuck i have is from the ending of the cycle and pretty much nothing will eat it. they said it should go away in about 2 weeks time. its already starting to fade from its peak browness this weekend. ( or im just getting used to looking at it):shock:

 

[Altohombre]

margaritas will die eventually because although many LFS sell them, they are not warm water snails and they don't like the high end temperatures.

 

[Brian_G]

Oh. Well that sucks.

 

[dcantucson]

Mine seem to be holding on. I hate them; they are too big and clumsy.

 

[Brian_G]

The ones I got Are all smaller than half an inch. So I don't think that's too big. They are good eaters though.

 

[Brian_G]

well its always nice to see a hermit has made a nice home in a margarita snail shell:frustrat::frustrat: