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    Posted: August 26 2005 at 2:04pm

what kind of snails and crabs are the best to have in the tank?

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that doesn't help I am just starting out and need to know what kind are the best like red or blue legged or scarlet crabs and what kind fo snails?
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 I would have said the same thing as PMPT.  I don't have any preferences.  I just go Pet Factory and I buy a bunch of whatever they carry.  Sorry I can't be of more help.

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Originally posted by Adam Blundell Adam Blundell wrote:

 I would have said the same thing as PMPT. 


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I think one of you needs to change your avatar (Connie/PMPT)
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turbos = too big knock stuff over

Ceriths = best ones in my tank, love substrate and reproduce, but look
dumb

Astrea =look dumb like rock and glass but not sand

Margaritas =look cool, great glass and rock cleaners, dont like my sand

Nasarius =cool looking and fast, my butterfly ate all mine, they are
carnivores

crabs= Red and blue are the same, but scarlet ones like to suck substrate
more IMO.

if i didn’t have any snail eating fish I would get some margarita, lots of
ceriths, a few nasarius snails, some bumble bees for night time watching
(nocturnal) and a few astreas.

a few scarlet crabs, and a mix of red/blue with some extra shells for them
to grow into.

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X is correct.  I'm an idiot.  I should have said that I agree with Connie.

DUH.

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I love my turbo snails, they keep my glass spotless. For smaller tanks id use astrea.

 

 

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yeah turbos look cool and are good cleaners, I just had to ditch them when I
started trying to balance all my frags next to eachother without them
touching.
but I hope that helps somewhat. I just got a bunch of ceriths and want more.
They keep my substrate White.
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One more possibility is 1 or 2 Emerald Crabs depending on tank size.  2 for maybe 55 or larger.  At one point I had 5 in my 180.  They will help take care of Hair Algae and are one of the few critters that do a good job on Bubble Algae.

I like Blue Legged hermits because they are cheap.  They are usually sold small so buy 1 per gallon. IMO

I also like Astrea Snails because they are cheap.  Margarita's are probably my favorite though.  Second favorite is probably Mexican Turbo's cause they do a great job, but they do get big and become bulldozers so I'd say they are out in smaller tanks.

Just my 2 cents.  Otherwise everything Centipededesign said is right on the money as far as I'm concerned.



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