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Posted: October 15 2008 at 12:02pm |
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So I have a good size clean up crew going with about 50 snails. They are definitly making some headway. But I have quite a few lazy ones that just cruise to the top of the tank and sit at or above the water line and just stay there. At first I thought they were trying to make a get away but none have tried to crawl over the lip. Anyways are they just being lazy and dont want to clean or are they trying to tell me something about my tank? And should I just pull them off and drop them back down where I want them? Thanks in advance
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Posted: October 15 2008 at 12:19pm |
Thats just what they do. They will move. You can move them but my bet is that they will go right back to where they want to be. (yes, I am speaking from experience.)
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Yes Mikey...I still have fins!!!
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Posted: October 15 2008 at 12:54pm |
Thats what I thought but some have been in the same place for almost a week 
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Posted: October 15 2008 at 3:01pm |
That's normal too. I have some that rarely move. It makes me mad when my glass is dirty and there they sit.
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Yes Mikey...I still have fins!!!
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Posted: October 15 2008 at 3:16pm |
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mine mostly only clean at night to tell you the truth
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Posted: October 15 2008 at 10:24pm |
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My guess is that they are so fat and happy with an abundance of algae that they don't have to go far to get their fill and then they go back to bed.
Margarita's are tidal zone snails. They spend every six hours out of water.
How many snails are in this 54 gal tank?
May we see a pic please to see what we would recommend?
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Posted: October 16 2008 at 12:32pm |
Ok as far as numbers I ordered a complete clean up crew off aquabid and got what I though was a great deal. Now I dont think as much of it. I got 30 dwarf ceriths that are about 1-2mm each. 30 BLUE LEG HERMIT CRABS again very small, 15 ASTREA TURBO SNAILS, 20 NERITE GRAZERS
MARINE SNAILS, 15 NASSARIUS VIBEX SNAILS AND ONE PEPPERMINT DANCING SHRIMPS. All but the turbos were very small. So I went to Birdworld and took advantage of their .69 sale. And added 20 real sized ceriths, 10 large assorted hermits and 2 mexican turbos. So it seems like alot but my tank is very messy. It housed dirty fish and no clean up for a while. But anyway onto some pics.  
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