My wife Captain Save a snail

Like 5 times a day my wife spots a snail knocked over and she is right in the tank fixing him. At first id make jokes but then I started to wonder how many snails die behind liver rock structures. This downed on me when I removed a few dead snails shells and a bunch of black root fell out and when I removed it from the water it smelt horrible. The question in my mind was this a healthy source of nitrates? And to others keep an eye on your snails.

 

i help it if its on the front of the tank, but i don't really worry, the only ones that are left are the ones that don't lose there grip, but that one reason i like urchins they can flip themselves

 

yea but urchins can eat your corals also.

 

i havent had a problem yet, they do eat coralline but i dislike coralline i have had enough of it in my last tank to last a lifetime

 

Urchins do NOT eat corals. They are completely reef safe. They do eat CORALINE. Theres a big difference. Coraline is the pink/purple you see on the rocks and glass. I had an urchin for about a month or so, and I can attest to them being completely reef safe. They do some serious damage to algae as well. But like said, they do eat coraline.
If your worried about the snail situation, you could always up the hermits. They will take care of anything thats dead promptly. Or get turbo's. I have had mine for 6 months and never seen one stuck on its back.

 

I realy dont have a problim but the info on the urchins came from my LFS but it dont shock me that they give bad info i always wanted an urchin they look cool

 

im sure some types could eat corals. but im betting if they have any other supply of food most won't, i don't think corals are to easy on the digestive system.

 

i read like 10 articals i just googled about and people feel 50/50 about them quite a few says they eat anemons thats enough reason for me not to get one

 

they might be a good way to get rid of aptasias and manjano if that true