Astrea snails, Astrea americanus, also called star snails, turbo snails,
and algae eater snails, are one of the main stays for
Astrea snails, Astrea americanus, also called star
snails, turbo snails, and algae eater snails, are one of the main stays for algae
control in marine aquaria.They are
about the size of an average grape, and have a voracious appetite for
algae.They will eat just about any
thin film, encrusting algae, but will also eat hair algae and other nuisance
algae.They don't seem to eat coralline
algae, and usually don't bother caulerpas, most calcareous algae, and most
fleshy macro algae.They may forage on
some of the larger algae, but unless they are really hungry they don't tend to
eat them.They don't generally eat
bubble algae; so if you're having a problem with it, get some green or red mithrax
crabs.
This product was added to our catalog on Thursday 01 September, 2005.
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