Best Kind of Snails

After the loss of two, when i see one of my astreas flipped over, I try helping him back up too, I just dont want to lose anymore. Although my nassarius I had a feast when the other two died!

 

how many snails should i even have i know 50 is recommended but ive heard of people doing way more than that

 

I like to use 2-3 snails per gallon but that's me

 

thanks alot

 

Man, thats a snail fesival!!!!!!

 

Keep the empty snail shells on the bottom of the tank, so that your hermit crabs can move into them if they want to. I bought some really nice small conch shells and threw them in the bottom, and already 2 hermit crabs have moved into them. I really like the Super Tongan Nassarius Snails. Whenever the anemone is done digesting and spits out the waste, those snails are on it in less than a minute.
I'd also like to find out what else will help eat the hairy green algae on my LR and the back glass of my tank. I'm thinking about picking up an algae blenny today, and maybe an emerald crab - but I'm a little worried about the emerald crab going after my fish or hermit crabs, and snails.

 

I have two electric blue hermit crabs that have been picking at hair algae, they are large but peaceful, though they are clumsy around stuff, so they might know corals over, one even cleaned my atreas shell that had hair algae on it, the snail didnt like the hitchhicker but he didnt bother the snail in any harmful way and went about his business afterwards, also if you have a large enough tank and hairy sea hare would be cool to have, my LFS has one, interesting to watch, it moves alot faster then a snail. also a lettuce nudibranch will eat hair algae i believe

 

the nudibranch and sea hare will eat hair algae also dont worry about the emerald green grab they dont even have pincers they are not meant to eat fish

 

I have a buddy that had (has) a bad hair algae problem and he picked up a bunch of turbo snails, and I have to say they are doing the trick!! There can be really long strands and they will mow right over them! For hair algae I would recommend turbos!!

I heard a good variety at 5 per gallon is the key!!! Talk about a festival!!
The keyword I believe is "variety"!

 

Turbo's are my favorite for glass/rock cleanup...they just go and go, work and work.

Trochus do same.

Only have 3 large Zebra Turbos and maybe a half dozen Banded Trochus Snails in main tank and rocks/glass stay algae free.

The Zebra Turbos are about 2 to 3 times larger then other turbos and do about 5 times as much work as the Atlantic variety

Guess might be reason I have never yet had any hair algae show up in tank. :-/