Astreas

[EmilyB]

Man, I love them.

They haven't been given good reviews by some on here but for the current tank I have, they are awesome with the glass cleaning. They have grown to five times the size since I bought them.

Helps they don't get knocked off the glass maybe by whatever.

Bad pic but here were some of them tonite. Yah, the camera was upside down I think....

http://www.canreef.com/photopost/data/500/DSCN1428.JPG

[StirCrazy]

I have always loved astrea's pound for pound I think they are the best snails out there. they don't eat quite as much as turbos but they are not a bull in a china shop like turbos

Steve

[niloc16]

forgive me if i'm wrong emily but i think those are trochus snails not astraea. but they do rock for cleaning algae. i always have them in my tanks

[EmilyB]

I don't think so, I've had a few of those, the shells are much rounder and they spend more time on rock ???

Don't forget these snails are years old. I could be wrong of course.

[marie]

trochus snails are pyramid shaped, in fact I have a hard time telling the difference between astreas and trochus in photographs

http://www.reefland.com/rho/0305/medprod3.php

second photo is a trochus

[Chaloupa]

Sorry to possibly "jack" the thread...but thanks Marie for that link. I learned a lot that I thought I already knew:redface: and found out I was wrong...thanks! Cool snails EmilyB

[niloc16]

sorry emily, i didnt mean to dispute you. learned alot though from that website link

[EmilyB]

No worries Colin, my confusion is that I didn't buy trochus snails, I bought astreas, or so I thought, and so did the person selling them....:lol: Good link Marie !

[EmilyB]

They are mature astreas, I saw some trochus again today. I remember them and they are not the same shell shape as these.