Astreas

EmilyB · #1 02-08-2007, 07:43 AM

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....

StirCrazy · #2 02-09-2007, 01:52 AM

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 · #3 02-09-2007, 02:27 AM

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 · #4 02-09-2007, 04:40 AM

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 · #5 02-09-2007, 05:03 AM

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 · #6 02-09-2007, 05:08 AM

Sorry to possibly "jack" the thread...but thanks Marie for that link. I learned a lot that I thought I already knew

and found out I was wrong...thanks! Cool snails EmilyB

niloc16 · #7 02-09-2007, 06:38 AM

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

EmilyB · #8 02-09-2007, 07:46 PM

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....

Good link Marie !

EmilyB · #9 02-18-2007, 04:03 AM

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