HogWinslow Posted July 21, 2003 Share Posted July 21, 2003 I was on liveaquaria.com and saw what was sold to me as a Turbo snail listed there as a Astraea snail. Was my LFS wrong or is the website wrong? Are they basicaly the same snail? Is this a common mistake? HogWinslow Link to comment
Crakeur Posted July 21, 2003 Share Posted July 21, 2003 liveaquaria has it right. turbo's get real big - golfball size. astreas are smaller Link to comment
Deimos Posted July 21, 2003 Share Posted July 21, 2003 mmm..turbos...great snails! Astreas I've found to be next to worthless..but maybe thats just me..... Link to comment
Crakeur Posted July 21, 2003 Share Posted July 21, 2003 turbos bulldoze. if you have sps, it's bad. if you have small rocks with corals on them, that aren't glued down, it's worse. Every morning I have at least one rock upside down on the sand thanks to the turbos. Link to comment
HogWinslow Posted July 21, 2003 Author Share Posted July 21, 2003 Looks like I have the Astreas. They look just like the ones on liveaquaria.com and they are next to useless. I do find they are sensitive to nitrates. Whenever they look listless I check the nitrates and they are real high. I guess they are good for that. Kind of like the canary in the coal mine thing. HogWinslow Link to comment
Vincerama Posted July 21, 2003 Share Posted July 21, 2003 Sometimes Astraeas are refered to as turbo snails. I think they are actually Turbo Astraeas, but I'm not sure. The generically termed "turbo" snails get big, but eat a lot of algae. I have one Astraea and it doesn't do a heck of a lot. The two (out of three) active turbos I have are algae eating machines! THe third one may be decomposing as we speak...I'm sure my last remaining hermit will make a meal of him if he does die. I don't know why my tank is a death zone right now, but I'm going to delay adding more cleanup crew until it stabilizes and some of the cursed green algae comes under control... V Link to comment
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