How do you keep turbo snails?

They live best in water with a hardness of 8-12 dKH and a pH of 8.1-8.4. For the best parameters, they enjoy a salinity of 1.023-1.025 sg. These snails almost exclusively eat algae within the aquarium. It is essential that there is plenty of algae, and if not it’s important to supplement their diet with some seaweed.

Will Astrea snails reproduce?

Astrea snail breeding Astrea snails can be bred in aquaria and they often spawn spontaneously. The eggs are deposited in clusters on a flat surface. They males release their milt directly into the water and the water might become cloudy after an Astrea spawning (as with many other snail species).

What do Astraea snails eat?

Astrea Snails are native to the Caribean. They are fully reef safe and overall a good addition to a cleanup crew. Unlike Trochus Snails, they favor hair algae. They will also eat film algae, diatoms, and Cyano.

Are Astrea snails turbo snails?

These snails will consume film and hair algae on the glass and rocks in your aquarium. These Astraea spp. are sometimes called “Turbo snails” or “Astreas” in the hobby, but should not be confused with larger turbos. They ship at about the size of a nickel, they grow to the diameter of a quarter.

Do turbo snails reproduce in a tank?

It is relatively difficult to breed Mexican Turbo snails in aquariums. The fertilization is external and nocturnal. Spawning is initiated by males. Female spawning is induced in response to the presence of the male’s seed in the water.

Can turbo snails live in freshwater?

Turbo snails, on the other hand, are voracious eaters and may starve if you do not offer them algae or vegetable wafers. Another benefit that nerite snails have over turbo snails is that they can be used in both freshwater and saltwater applications — turbo snails are solely for saltwater aquarium use.

Are Astrea snails nocturnal?

Astrea snails are nocturnal. The pick of their activity starts at dusk and gradually stops during the night, before sunrise.

Do turbo snails lay eggs?

Turbo snails do not “lay” eggs in a sense that eggs are not attached to a substrate. They release eggs (and sperm) to the water column, which fertilize and develop in to snail larvae. After some time as pelagic larvae, they settle down onto substrate as miniature versions of adults.

Why did my turbo snail died?

They do fall off if they’re sick/starving or poisoned, sometimes they don’t tolerate high nitrates either. Only about 3-4 Months old. I use the API test kit. I see I thought death would spike ammonia up, could it be that it’s too soon for nitrates to go up.

What are Astrea snails good for?

Though interesting to observe in your home aquarium, the Astraea Turbo Snail serves a greater function of cleaning algae-covered live rock. It is very adept at keeping your aquarium clean. In fact, this small herbivore prefers to feed on nuisance hair algae, as well as cyanobacteria and diatoms.

Do I need to feed turbo snails?

Feeding. Most people get turbo snails to help control algae. Only put turbo snails in aquariums with lots of live rock with light algae growth for them to eat. If they exhaust their supply of algae, you will need to provide supplemental foods.

Do Turbo snails reproduce in a tank?