Crob5965 July 20, 2014 Share July 20, 2014 I am working on switching from a 4' 90 Gal with a 4-5" DSB to a 6' 125gal BB, I have a pretty good variety of inverts in my CUC, snails brittle stars hermit crabs etc. my question is this, should I change my CuC now that I will not have any sand to stir up, I have a lot (20-30) of Nassarius snails, i'm not too worried about my Blue and red hermits, they seem spend most of the time on the rocks anyway, but my snails are always in the sand bed. also for the record white hermits suck, I bought 4 from R2G about 6mo ago and although they are fun to watch, due to the speed at which they move, they constantly run all over my Fungia's so they will most likley make a trip to my sump. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wangspeed July 20, 2014 Share July 20, 2014 Trochus snails are my favorite. Hard working and fast. They prefer my glass and rocks over sand anyways and they defend against even the largest of hermits by shaking them off. If you have any ceriths they won't be happy about this change. -- Warren Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crob5965 July 20, 2014 Author Share July 20, 2014 Trochus snails are my favorite. Hard working and fast. They prefer my glass and rocks over sand anyways and they defend against even the largest of hermits by shaking them off. If you have any ceriths they won't be happy about this change. -- Warren I might try 10 or so, I didnt see many places online that sell them, and I dont think I've seen them at many LFS Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crob5965 July 20, 2014 Author Share July 20, 2014 no cerith snails, only hermit filled cerith shells left, but I do have a lot of nassarius, which was my main concern Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wangspeed July 20, 2014 Share July 20, 2014 I might try 10 or so, I didnt see many places online that sell them, and I dont think I've seen them at many LFS Marine Scene in Reston regularly has them in stock. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gmerek2 July 20, 2014 Share July 20, 2014 Since it's a newer tank and not a lot of well developed algae on glass etc and accumulated pooh, I would suggest buying nothing so they don't starve. Maybe trade in the snails for some corals. And buy some better suited snails later Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crob5965 July 27, 2014 Author Share July 27, 2014 (edited) Since it's a newer tank and not a lot of well developed algae on glass etc and accumulated pooh, I would suggest buying nothing so they don't starve. Maybe trade in the snails for some corals. And buy some better suited snails later fair point, I figured that the 150+lbs of existing LR I have would be good, but I rarely if ever see my snails digging around in my rocks, other than my astrea snails. Edited July 27, 2014 by Crob5965 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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