Snails
Mexican Turbo snail
The Turbo Snail is extremely popular among reef hobbyists, since it quickly eliminates large amounts of nuisance algae. It is particularly fond of hair algae and will consume mass quantities of it and other algae off your live rock and aquarium glass. Also known as the Turban or Top Shell Snail.
Super Tongan Nassarius Snail
Its oval, spiral shell is often said to resemble an olive pit, but it is much more ornate and elegant in its beauty. The most striking physical characteristic, however, is the long, tube like siphon that protrudes from one end of the shell. This siphon is used to breathe while the Super Nassarius Snail is buried in the substrate foraging for food....
Tiger Cowry
Tiger Cowries shells are highly polished and are white, brown, gray and black with spots, and the animal often extends its large mantle (which has numerous papillae) up over so as completely covering the shell. They are nocturnal and perfer to spend the day hidden ...
Red Footed Conch
The Red Footed Conch, also known as Thorn Latirus, lives in shallow water among stony corals and rocks and has a peaceful temerament. They are named after their bright red foot and by their single nonpoisonous thorn that grows from the bottom of the lip of their shell....
Orange Lipped Conch
The outside colour of the shell may be either white with an orange, brown/tan pattern of blotches, or completely brown/white. The interior is usually colored strong orange, red or pink, and the inner lip border is black or chocolate brown...
Nassarius Snail
he Nassarius Snail is a small scavenger with an oval, spiral shell that resembles an olive pit. The Nassarius Snail likes to burrow in the sand, usually with its long, tube-like siphon protruding from the substrate. As it searches for food, the Nassarius Snail helps prevent compaction and aerates aquarium substrate....
Money Cowrie
Money Cowrie Snails are peaceful members of the aquarium, and should not be kept with more aggressive species that can possibly harm them. They are easy to care for and can be easily kept by the beginning aquarium owner. ...
Cerith Snail
These useful little snails serve two purposes in a reef tank; they eat diatoms algae, thus assisting other snails in keeping tanks algae free but also burrow into the sand during the day providing valuable sand stirring - an essential task in any aquarium or refugium to ensure healthy sand beds both deep or shallow....
Bumble Bee Snail
The tiny Bumble Bee Snail is a great addition in most marine reef aquariums. Becauase of their small size they can get into small crevices and tight locations between rockwork. Here they will clean away detritus, including uneaten meaty foods and decomposing organisms....
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