quarantine algae eating snails

beaniebeagle · 02/26/2007, 12:59 PM

hair algae issues in the main tank, need a few snails

but i quarantine anything. my QT doesnt have enough algae in it and i dont want to pull out a rock from my main tank to put in the QT.

will snails eat anything else??? such as dried seaweed/nori???

sir_dudeguy · 02/26/2007, 02:03 PM

what kinda snails are you getting? But yes, snails in general eat other stuff. You can even get alga pellets/wafers or whatever they're called to feed them. My snails eat everything that i feed the tank tho.

650-IS350 · 02/26/2007, 02:05 PM

Yes on the NORI, I feed mine nori once a while...

02/26/2007, 12:59 PM	#1
beaniebeagle Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: baltimore md Posts: 387	quarantine algae eating snails hair algae issues in the main tank, need a few snails but i quarantine anything. my QT doesnt have enough algae in it and i dont want to pull out a rock from my main tank to put in the QT. will snails eat anything else??? such as dried seaweed/nori??? __________________ stupid questions do not exist, just too many stupid people Current Tank Info: 120g,1260 eheim,reef octo skimmer,vortechs x2,tek 8X54w, 2 false percs,1 bartlett anthia, 1 baby mandarin, 2 purple firefish, 2 green gobies, 1 citron goby, 1 bengai cardinal

02/26/2007, 02:03 PM	#2
sir_dudeguy Registered Member Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Portland, OR Posts: 10,841	what kinda snails are you getting? But yes, snails in general eat other stuff. You can even get alga pellets/wafers or whatever they're called to feed them. My snails eat everything that i feed the tank tho. __________________ TAKE...LUCK!!!

02/26/2007, 02:05 PM	#3
650-IS350 Registered Member Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Bay Area Posts: 14,555	Yes on the NORI, I feed mine nori once a while... __________________ * RETIRED FROM REEFING * Just enjoying the box of water from afar