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Post by Sean (90 reef, fw rack sys) on Mar 2, 2016 7:38:54 GMT -5
I have an order of 100 coming in today if anyone in the Bangor area needs any. Will sell at my cost of $.25 each
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Post by Sean (90 reef, fw rack sys) on Mar 2, 2016 7:53:05 GMT -5
I plan on keeping about 50. Depending on die off, that leaves 50 more. Cheapest I've been able to find them at lfs's is $.99. Not looking to make profit, just wanna share the bargain I found.
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Post by Sean (90 reef, fw rack sys) on Mar 2, 2016 13:19:10 GMT -5
Just got them in. Probably gonna let them float for most of the day. If anyone is interested, let me know asap. Will probably add to tank late tonight, early tomorrow.
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Post by herefishyfishy on Mar 2, 2016 14:34:48 GMT -5
wish i was closer... thats a great deal and I think that Nas snails are THE best!!! mine are little workers!!!!
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Post by Sean (90 reef, fw rack sys) on Mar 3, 2016 10:14:42 GMT -5
Nice snails. Probably the size of a peanut m&m. Not sure on die off yet. Also had some nice pieces of calurpa that I put in the sump.
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Post by chevy50sd on Mar 3, 2016 11:13:45 GMT -5
Who did you order them from?
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Post by Sean (90 reef, fw rack sys) on Mar 3, 2016 16:10:11 GMT -5
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Post by fermentedhiker on Mar 3, 2016 20:24:19 GMT -5
Not to be debbie downer but those are not Nassarius. They are a temperate carnivore. Not a good choice for a reef tank.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 3, 2016 22:42:30 GMT -5
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Post by herefishyfishy on Mar 4, 2016 11:17:39 GMT -5
Nassarius have the little black things poking out... right?
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Post by fermentedhiker on Mar 4, 2016 15:05:44 GMT -5
There are a lot of snails that look similar. The problem is the vast majority of the type are as much predatory as they are scavengers. Some like whelks are mostly predatory. The reef friendly ones are in the minority.
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Post by Sean (90 reef, fw rack sys) on Mar 4, 2016 16:45:55 GMT -5
By the looks of it your probably right, but from what I've researched on many boards is that they don't tend to bother corals and tend to act very similar to nassarius. The drawback is that where they are coming from more temperate water, there is a higher chance of die off over weeks to months. But then again, don't most of the snails we buy. I'm gonna let them be. I put about half in the tank and half in the sump. If I notice issues with any of my corals, I guess I'll have to do something. But for now, they seem to be doing a hell of a job cleaning up.
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Post by fermentedhiker on Mar 4, 2016 19:48:15 GMT -5
Yeah I think they are completely reef safe as far as corals are concerned. It's other snails and perhaps sand bed microfauna that might be on their menu. Some of the stuff I read on them suggested cannibalism if they can find enough other critters to eat.
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Post by jasonandsarah on Mar 10, 2016 6:33:35 GMT -5
Got a pic of the actual snails? For a actual ID I my self would trust fermentedhiker! He's kinda a invertebrate nut lol no offence.
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Post by jasonandsarah on Mar 10, 2016 6:36:09 GMT -5
Has there been any die off? Could this be what's up with your frogspawn? Just a thought.....
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