Nassarius Vibex ('Nasa' snail)

[hobgoblin]

Hi,

thinking of getting the above named inverts to stir the sandbed in my tank. Sand depth averages to about 2ft, and 3ft deep at certain areas. Tonga branches already anchored deep into the sandbed.

Any advice?

[Sinn]

2 feet deep sand bed = 60 cm deep

i hope u meant inches

[hobgoblin]

Hi,

My mistake. I meant Inches. 2in and 3in deep in certain areas.

I beg your pardon.

[glim18]

The best sand bed stirrers that I've found are the red-legged hermit crabs. It eats the green algae and digs deep into the sand. Make sure you get one where the shell is about 1-2 inches in size. They've left the tube anemone alone, and don't nip the fishes as well.

[Earthborne]

In my past experience, an olive snail is the best ever sand bed stirrer. They moves and dig like super turbo speed I never thought a mollusc could do so. However I don't think they are sustainable in a marine tank in the long run because olive snail feeds on other small mollusc. Also another problem is LFS do not sell it, simply because it had no place in the aquarium. However if u can lay hands on one, maybe to can train to feed it with market prawn meat at night when fishes sleeps and they roam.

[Caleb]

anyone know anything about the hermits with the blue spots on their legs ? Are they any better than the red legged ones ?

[Kenji80]

Get a sand dollar, they are very hardworking.