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RockStarFish 
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Posted: January 05 2006 at 11:14am |
I just got my shipment today from a seller on ebay and was realy surprized. OK heres the story , I was surfing ebay ( as I always am ) lokking for some good deals and I saw someone selling snails. The deal was 175 snails (not shure what kind ) for .99 and 15.00 shipping so I watched the item for a few days and it had no bids so I bid on them. they are fairly good sized and looks like they all made it.  I just tought I would share this info with you guy because the seller has mor snail packs for sale
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Posted: January 05 2006 at 12:46pm |
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Posted: January 05 2006 at 1:51pm |
I need a lot of snails for my 75. My tank only has few small snails. Please post link. Does someone like to share big shipment?
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Posted: January 05 2006 at 2:40pm |
Can you post the link?
They may be Nassarius Obsoleta snails aka eastern mud snail (a lot of them sold on EBay). These are sub-tropical snails and often don't fair well in higher temps. Some have had success with them, but a rapid die-off could spike your ammonia.
Just a thought
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Posted: January 05 2006 at 8:19pm |
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Yes, it looks like they are Nassarius Obsoleta. Make sure you take out the ones that die. You will for sure have die off.
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Posted: January 05 2006 at 8:23pm |
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Are Nassarius not more likely to eat extra food or detritus than they would algae? It's also known as a mud whelk and I beleive snails in the whelk family are almost exclusively carnivorous. I've never seen mine eat algae. They typically only come above sand level when I feed. If you're looking for algae eaters, I might suggest something along the lines of Turbos, Astreas, and Certihs.
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Posted: January 05 2006 at 8:52pm |
nass obsoleta snails are more algae eaters and are subtropical
nass vibex snails eat detritus and uneaten food and are a tropical species. these are the ones you want in a reef imo
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Posted: January 06 2006 at 1:34am |
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Posted: January 10 2006 at 2:39am |
How are your snails doing?
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Posted: January 10 2006 at 9:09am |
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Tey are doing fine I have not seen any deadd ones in my 55gl. I put some in my new 20 L to see how they did and they are doing fine also
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Posted: January 10 2006 at 9:43am |
Glad to see them thriving. I call my my nass vibex snails the 5th battallion cuz when they smell food they all come out of the sand and charge the feeding area.
From posts I've read (no personal experience here) the obsoleta typically start showing some die off several months down the road (if they do die) ... so keep an eye on them in the months to come. Its like a persistent, low-level stress for them to be in warmer water. Some handle it long term, some don't.
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Posted: January 10 2006 at 11:00am |
Keep us informed on how your sanils doing.
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