Hoosierfan Posted June 20, 2008 Share Posted June 20, 2008 For some reason, my snails (3 nerite, 1 red footed conch) love to hang out at the top of my tank right where the water meets the air. Any idea why they like to do that? I'd much rather them scour the bottom of the tank for my GHA... Link to comment
lakshwadeep Posted June 20, 2008 Share Posted June 20, 2008 Nerites are actually intertidal species that go into the water only to eat algae. This is also the reason they're collected so easily. http://www.chucksaddiction.com/cleanupcrew.html Link to comment
Hoosierfan Posted June 20, 2008 Author Share Posted June 20, 2008 Good Call. Great link. Link to comment
mrbigshot Posted June 20, 2008 Share Posted June 20, 2008 snd there the worst at staying in the tank Link to comment
Ocho Cinco Posted June 20, 2008 Share Posted June 20, 2008 Nerites are actually intertidal species that go into the water only to eat algae. This is also the reason they're collected so easily. http://www.chucksaddiction.com/cleanupcrew.html +1 It seems that sometimes all my snails (different species) will be at the top checking stuff out. Link to comment
DC84 Posted June 20, 2008 Share Posted June 20, 2008 My nerites also stay up at top. During the night they come down, and so far have never left the tank since I've gone open-top. They don't seem to eat any hair algae though. My cerith snails pay more attention to green hair algae. I just got some nassarius snails. They are awesome...move really fast!! Link to comment
elitesurfer Posted June 20, 2008 Share Posted June 20, 2008 My Margaritas and Cerith seem to do that too but Astreas remain strictly doing their work on the rocks. =) Link to comment
Keanu Reefs Posted June 20, 2008 Share Posted June 20, 2008 I have a mix of cerith, nerites, nasserius, and a margarita and at one time a trochus and they have all hung out at the waterline for hours at a time then head back in and get back to work eventually. Link to comment
archx Posted June 20, 2008 Share Posted June 20, 2008 I just got some nassarius snails. They are awesome...move really fast!! especially at feeding time. you can see them all come up from beneath the sandbed looking for food. it's especially funny when you see a half dozen of them scale the glass only to fall back down to the sand almost at the same time Link to comment
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